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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan in the Oval Office of the White House October 22, 2015, Washington, DC. (Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)
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President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan in the Oval Office of the White House October 22, 2015, Washington, DC. (Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images)
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husain_haqqani
husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
5 Min Read
Sub-Saharan African migrants are rescued by the Libyan coastguard after their inflatable boat started to sink off the coastal town of Guarabouli, November 20, 2014. There were 108 people rescued from the sinking raft. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sub-Saharan African migrants are rescued by the Libyan coastguard after their inflatable boat started to sink off the coastal town of Guarabouli, November 20, 2014. There were 108 people rescued from the sinking raft. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at an Israeli armoured vehicle (background) during clashes next to the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah on October 19, 2015. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinian protesters hurl rocks at an Israeli armoured vehicle (background) during clashes next to the Jewish settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah on October 19, 2015. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
8 Min Read
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