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President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Israeli residents and relatives take cover from a rocket attack from Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip in Netivot on July 29, 2014. (GIL COHEN MAGEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Smoke from rockets fired from Gaza City are seen after being launched toward Israel, on July 15, 2014.(THOMAS COEX/AFP/Getty Images)
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A blood-stained image of Jesus Christ outside the Al-Qiddissine (The Saints) church after an overnight car bomb attack in Alexandria, January 1, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian Coptic Christians at the Virgin Mary church on May 16, 2014 in Cairo's Road al-Farag district. (VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, in the central Gaza Strip on June 30, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Bombed police checkpoint, Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq, June 9, 2014 (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty Images).
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
