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A photo shows US and Israeli flags projected on the historic walls of the Old City near Hebron Gate in Jerusalem on June 22, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President of Burkina Faso Ibrahim Traore during the Second Summit and Russia–Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum, on July 28, 2023, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Getty Images)
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This image grab shows one of the Israeli hostages exiting a vehicle during the hostage-prisoner exchange in western Gaza City on January 19, 2025. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi in Beijing, China, on December 28, 2024. (Pang Xinglei/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Protesters stage a demonstration in support the Palestinians on October 18, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)
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People pass by a congratulatory billboard showing elected United States President Donald Trump on November 7, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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A man walks in front of the destroyed Sakina Shrine on December 25, 2024, in Damascus, Syria. (Chris McGrath via Getty Images)
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Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a visit to the Israel Museum on May 23, 2017, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi via Getty Images)
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Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon holds a map during a United Nations Security Council meeting concerning the situation in the Middle East on April 26, 2018, in New York City. (Drew Angerer via Getty Images)
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An Israeli soldier near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on December 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, on June 19, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov/AFP via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
