Israel
Israel
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(Screenshot via Reagan Foundation/YouTube)
![The Western Wall, part of the retaining wall which enclosed the Second Temple, built by Herod the Great in 19 BCE, destroyed by the Romans. It is 20 m high above the ground with 25 layers of stones. The larger stones are in the lower layers. Another 12 m are buried under the ground. Four fasting days are related to the destruction of Jerusalem and the two Temples: 3 Tishri, 10 Tevet, 17 Tamuz, 9 Av](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.20%20Schachter_0.jpg?h=fee4874d&itok=z4nQzeL-)
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The Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Stock Photo)
Commentary
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(Screenshot via Al Arabiya/YouTube)
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(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Flickr)
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An election campaign banner showing Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Narendra Modi on September 11, 2019, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Joe Biden holds a bilateral meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem on July 14, 2022. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
![A banner reading "#End Jew Hatred" at a rally in Berlin, Germany, on July 25, 2021. (Jörg Carstensen/picture alliance via Getty Images) antisemitism](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.5%20Mead%20WSJ.jpg?h=790be497&itok=kQSf4gD3)
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A banner reading "#End Jew Hatred" at a rally in Berlin, Germany, on July 25, 2021. (Jörg Carstensen/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Commentary
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An Israeli flag flies in Jerusalem. (David Silverman via Getty Images)
![resident Truman in the Oval Office, evidently receiving a Menorah as a gift from the Prime Minister of israel david ben gurion](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-10/10.31%20Mead%20Decision%20Points.jpg?h=8287faa0&itok=00gEIsqq)
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President Harry S. Truman receives a menorah from Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Ambassador of Israel to the United States Abba Eban in the Oval Office on May 8, 1951. (Wikimedia Commons)
![President Donald J. Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk to sign the Abraham Accords Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo Andrea Hanks)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-10/10.24%20mead%20podcast.jpg?h=c6980913&itok=RGgKMaRo)
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President Donald Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan walk to sign the Abraham Accords Tuesday, September 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo Andrea Hanks)
Podcast
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Israeli navy vessels off the coast of Rosh Hanikra, an area at the border between Israel and Lebanon, on June 6, 2022. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
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