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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
President Joe Biden participates in a phone call with Quint leaders Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on October 9, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Adam Schultz via Flickr)
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President Joe Biden participates in a phone call with Quint leaders Emmanuel Macron of France, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, and United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on October 9, 2023, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Adam Schultz via Flickr)
A veiled Iranian woman holds an effigy of US President Joe Biden while standing in front of a portrait of the former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani, and an image of al-Aqsa mosque during a rally commemorating the International Quds Day in downtown Tehran on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A veiled Iranian woman holds an effigy of US President Joe Biden while standing in front of a portrait of the former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani, and an image of al-Aqsa mosque during a rally commemorating the International Quds Day in downtown Tehran on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The IDF Counter-Terror School's underground warfare division trains in a mock tunnel build to replicate Hamas terror tunnels on August 1, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces via Flickr)
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The IDF Counter-Terror School's underground warfare division trains in a mock tunnel build to replicate Hamas terror tunnels on August 1, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces via Flickr)
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michael_doran
michael_doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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