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Machines load and unload coal at Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, China, on May 24, 2023. (Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Israel
Israel
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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea on October 19, 2023. (Aaron Lau via DVIDS)
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Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in Moscow on March 21, 2023. (Presidential Executive Office of Russia, via Wikimedia Commons)
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Palestinians in Ramallah, West Bank, on November 1, 2023, chant slogans in support of the people in the Gaza Strip amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers and journalists take cover from Syrian planes strafing the road on the Golan Heights during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War on October 8, 1973. (Ze'ev Spector/GPO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Newly elected US House Speaker Mike Johnson is sworn in at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2023. (Tome Brenner/AFP via Getty Images)
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A man passes the scene where a rocket fired from Gaza strip hit a building on October 7, 2023, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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The Gaza Strip in southern Israel shows smoke plumes billowing during Israeli bombardment on October 31, 2023. (Menahem Kahama/AFP via Getty Images)
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Experts
Jonathan Hessen
Senior Fellow (Non-resident)
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
