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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office on April 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016, in Gaza City. (Mahmud Hams / AFP via Getty Images)
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Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016, in Gaza City. (Mahmud Hams / AFP via Getty Images)
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Mike Watson
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Mike Watson
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President Donald Trump signs executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods during a trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump signs executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods during a trade announcement event at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
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Mike Watson
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Mike Watson
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Two KH-6 Fast Attack Missile Boats sail in formation during a combat readiness exercise at the Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung on January 9, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Two Republic of China Kuang Hua-6 fast attack missile boats sail in formation during a combat readiness exercise at the Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on January 9, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Mike Watson
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Mike Watson
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US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering press statements before an official dinner in Jerusalem, on May 22, 2017. (Ngan Mandel/AFP via Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering press statements before an official dinner in Jerusalem, on May 22, 2017. (Ngan Mandel/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mike Watson
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Mike Watson
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A general view shows a church (C) between a construction site (foreground) and residential and commercial buildings in Seoul on November 21, 2023. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
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A general view shows a church between a construction site and residential and commercial buildings in Seoul on November 21, 2023. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mike Watson
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Mike Watson
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Visitors watch a show with at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on February 7, 2024. (Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)
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Visitors watch a show with at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore on February 7, 2024. (Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images)
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Mike Watson
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Mike Watson
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas. (Montinique Monroe via Getty Images)
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas. (Montinique Monroe via Getty Images)
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Mike Watson
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Mike Watson
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