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![Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-964322666.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=8LR2ZEhQ)
![WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 17: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on August 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. Sullivan attended the briefing with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and provided an update on the U.S. operations in Afghanistan following the Taliban taking control of the country. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.09.2023%20Mead%20WSJ.jpg.jpg?h=9855f42d&itok=cjRpLcXm)
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White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the White House on August 17, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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![ZHUHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 10: Russian Sukhoi SU-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, November 10, 2014. Airshow China is the only international aerospace trade show in China that is endorsed by the Chinese central g](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.06.2023%20Kasapoglu%20National%20Interest.jpg?h=0f4230fa&itok=DMLZTiXF)
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A Sukhoi Su-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, China, on November 10, 2014. (Aleksandar Plavevski/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
![israel us mead ronald reagan institute](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.02.2023%20Mead%20Reaganism_0.jpg?h=1a788508&itok=dFwv40XS)
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(Screenshot via Reagan Foundation/YouTube)
![CBS News McMaster Face the Nation](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/01.01.2023%20McMaster%20CBS%20News_0.jpg?h=2c103819&itok=DH-RK9A0)
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(Screenshot via CBS News/YouTube)
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![An Iranian man holding his smartphone looks on while standing under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran Grand Bazaar (Market), December 3, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.21%20Albeck.jpg?h=b8bb64a6&itok=7C0AQlfs)
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A man holding his smartphone stands under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran, Iran, on December 3, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
![Officials gathered on December 15 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Haifa Bayport’s inauguration and the thirtieth year of Israel-China diplomatic ties with an illumination ceremony. During his opening remarks, Consul General of Israel in Shanghai Edward Shapira complimented the port—developed and operated by the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG)—as it positions Israeli ports “on the top advanced rank in the Eastern Mediterranean basin.”](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/12.21.2022%20China%20in%20the%20Middle%20East.jpg?h=b69e0e0e&itok=rp66wWMv)
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(Flickr)
![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)
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![china in the middle east](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-02/12.16.2022%20China%20in%20the%20Middle%20East.jpg?h=6e8dce2e&itok=D8uQxcOe)
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(Flickr)
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![Exclusive - The Netanyahu Doctrine: An in-depth regional policy interview](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2023-01/12.16%20Alyahya%20Al%20Arabiya_0.jpg?h=a701d6a6&itok=U_Tm8nxe)
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(Screenshot via Al Arabiya/YouTube)
![Xi Jinping is welcomed by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Palace of Yamamah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2022. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.15%20Alyahya.jpg?h=96aa30fa&itok=bNdeR8CA)
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Xi Jinping is welcomed by Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Palace of Yamamah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2022. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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![israel us relations arc of a covenant](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-12/12.14%20Mead%20AEI.jpg?h=deaec4b9&itok=MKEKQT-T)
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(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs via Flickr)