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A struggle that began in the mid-20th century is still going on between Israelis and Palestinians, which is consuming everything that coming its way - human lives, homes. Even turning every trending subject into a political matter because they have gained global traction.

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This time, it's Pokemon Go, the most trending augmented reality mobile-based game, which has become more popular than porn. Within a week of launching the application, the game has already exceeded the Daily Active Users (DAU) metrics of the micro-blogging site Twitter and the dating app Tinder.

Israelties and palestanians enter pokemon go to take a jab at each other

However, Israelis and Palestinians have started to play the game, which is yet to be launched officially, to poke each other. Just like people around the world, Pokémon Go has gained huge numbers of fans in Israel, including its Defense Forces and its President Reuven Rivlin.

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The official Facebook page of Israel Naval Forces recently shared a photograph of a soldier trying to catch a Pokémon in the sea. The image was captioned “There are some Pokémons only we can get to.”

Even President Reuven Rivlin had shared an image of the cat-like Pokémon Meowth, which was clicked in his meeting room. He put up that picture on social media and captioned the image, “Someone call security personnel.”

On the other hand, the Palestinians took this opportunity to jab the Israelis. Recently, a post by a Palestinian went viral on Twitter in which he posted an image of Pokémon Pikachu behind the debris of a house destroyed during the war with Israel.

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However, for Nintendo, every situation is turning out to be an opportunity. The company shares grew by 60 percent, within a week of release.

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