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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel
Palestinians celebrate an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue while standing in front of a poster of the attackers in the southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Palestinians celebrate an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue while standing in front of a poster of the attackers in the southern Gaza Strip on November 18, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
(MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
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(MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
8 Min Read
Uranium conversion facility, Isfahan, Iran, March 30, 2005 (Getty Images).
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Uranium conversion facility, Isfahan, Iran, March 30, 2005 (Getty Images).
Sect. of State John Kerry (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) shake hands in Muscat on November 9, 2014. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
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Sect. of State John Kerry (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (L) shake hands in Muscat on November 9, 2014. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Lee Smith
Former Senior Fellow
Lee Smith
5 Min Read
Rockets being fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza strip into Israel, August 20, 2014.(DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)
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Rockets being fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza strip into Israel, August 20, 2014.(DAVID BUIMOVITCH/AFP/Getty Images)
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lewis-libby
Lewis Libby
Former Senior Vice President
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Lewis Libby & Hillel Fradkin
4 Min Read
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