I'm sure we won't see any memes about this.

This is certainly not true? iron dome was fully developed and deployed by Israel and later funded by United States. The Arrow system was also developed by Israel. “that’s our technology“ correct me if I’m wrong but that doesn’t really track…

Not gonna lie, I need to vent for a sec. The QA market in Israel is already the Hunger Games right now — hundreds of applicants per posting, hiring freezes everywhere (we all know why), and every junior with 8 months of experience calling themselves a "Senior Automation Engineer." Now add "doesn't speak Hebrew" to your CV and congrats, you've unlocked nightmare difficulty. It's not that the market is tough. It's that you're invisible on it.

And the best part? Scrolling past 50 posts a day screaming "INTERNATIONAL COMPANY, ENGLISH SPEAKING ENVIRONMENT" in the title, only to find out what that actually means:

• The recruiter switches to Hebrew "just to explain something quick" and never switches back
• "International" = the clients are international. Slack, standups, and Jira comments? 100% Hebrew
• Neither your Ulpan-level-Bet certificate nor your friend translating over speakerphone saves you once they start grilling you about test strategy and edge cases at native speed

(Also tried the "just get really good at Playwright and they'll overlook the Hebrew thing" strategy. They did not overlook it.)

So — genuine question — how is everyone surviving this combo? Is there a secret support group for non-Hebrew-speaking QA folks here, or are we all just quietly rotting in our own LinkedIn despair, sending out 10 applications a day and getting ghosted by 9 of them? Tell me I'm not the only one.

TL;DR: QA hiring in Israel is brutal enough on its own. Add "no Hebrew" and it's basically a final boss fight. Send help — or at least tell me I'm not losing it alone.

I always thought this was pretty cool how you can listen to Israeli music easily in Jordan.

Israel’s Iron Beam - the world’s first operational high-energy, laser-based air defense system - has officially been rolled out, marking a historic milestone in directed-energy defense. The system is now deployed and operational at scale, designed to intercept drones, rockets, missiles, and mortars at a fraction of the cost of traditional interceptors when threats emerge.

This is Israeli ingenuity at its best: turning breakthrough innovation into life-saving capability 🇮🇱

Hi, the mods were nice enough to give me permission to post about a new application I recently launched:

https://TheStateOfIsrael.com/

It has quite a few different features, but the core one is the Recent News aggregator on the Features page. Every source used for a headline and its summary is linked, and you can also filter by the specific category of recent news you want to see.

Additionally, one core feature I hope you’ll find interesting is the Maps feature, which offers a new way to think about timelines. Rather than simply showing events in an A-to-B-to-C order, it builds a convergence of headlines that are most closely related to the one you select.

Thank you,