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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)
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Israeli tanks move near the border with the Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)
![H.R. McMaster calls Biden threat to withhold weapons from Israel "feckless"](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/Screenshot%202024-05-14%20101233.jpg?h=64143dec&itok=RIF9tVW_)
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In the Media
![MENA Defense Intelligence Digest | May 2024](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-2147772075.jpg?h=58c8a5e7&itok=WzJL_NH5)
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A man holds up a sign demanding that soldiers from the United States Army leave Niger without negotiation during a demonstration in Niamey, Niger, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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![Palestinians living in different parts of Rafah and migrated to safe areas in Gaza on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Jehad Alshrafi/Anadolu via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-2151478216.jpg?h=630f3a99&itok=fkY1sRpo)
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Palestinians living in different parts of Rafah and migrated to safe areas in Gaza on May 8, 2024. (Photo by Jehad Alshrafi/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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![The Truth Behind the Hostage Negotiations](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-06/Screenshot%202024-06-20%20142344.png?h=fcf7f4d6&itok=kEDSZPGc)
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![Hamas and Iran See Biden’s Restraint as a Green Light](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/Screenshot%202024-05-07%20105011.jpg?h=05775be6&itok=BB36EfE8)
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![The Houthis May Embolden Beijing](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-05/GettyImages-2071622517.jpg?h=59d03e21&itok=u6P5D05M)
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Houthi followers carry weapons as they march over an American flag during a rally against the US-led aerial attacks on Yemen on March 9, 2024, in Sanaa, Yemen. (Photo by Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images)
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![Iranians attend the annual rally commemorating the 1979 Islamic Revolution as domestically built missiles and a satellite carrier are displayed at the Azadi Square in in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, February 11, 2024. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2024-04/GettyImages-2002626587.jpg?h=2992ba0a&itok=OzL23CeS)
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Iranians attend the annual rally commemorating the 1979 Islamic Revolution as domestically built missiles and a satellite carrier are displayed at the Azadi Square in in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, February 11, 2024. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)