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Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters after watching people board a repatriation flight bound for Colombia in Panama City on February 3, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AFP via Getty Images)
Research Fellow, Institute for Policy and Strategy, IDC Herzliya
Shmuel Bachar is a research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya. Mr. Bachar holds a M.A. from the Hebrew University of
Shmuel Bachar is a research fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at the IDC Herzliya. Mr. Bachar holds a M.A. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is currently working on his PhD dissertation on Egyptian social history. In addition, he researches radical Islam, globalization and culture, Syrian and Iranian affairs and other issues relating to the contemporary Middle East.