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An aerial view of a container ship arriving at the Port of Oakland on October 10, 2025, in Oakland, California. (Getty Images)
Middle East
Middle East
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Demonstrators gather during a pro-Palestinian rally in New York City to mark the one-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel on October 7, 2024. (Charly Triballeau via Getty Images)
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Israeli soldiers hang flags on an armored personnel carrier near the Gaza Strip border on June 6, 2024. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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Palestinian youths inspect a fallen projectile after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in the occupied West Bank on October 1, 2024. (Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Workers raise the Israeli flag at the Western Wall before the ceremony begins marking 30 days since the Oct 7th Hamas attack on November 6, 2023, in Jerusalem. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images)
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Israel intercepts projectiles near Baqa al-Gharbiya on October 1, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)
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In the Media
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 27, 2024. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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A plume of smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs on September 28, 2024, after an Israeli bombardment targeted Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. (Anwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images)
Experts
Hillel Fradkin
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
Husain Haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow (Nonresident), Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Can Kasapoğlu
Senior Fellow (Nonresident)
Liel Leibovitz
Senior Fellow
William Luti
Adjunct Fellow
Joel Rayburn
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Peter Rough
Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Abram N. Shulsky
Senior Fellow
Mike Watson
Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft
Richard Weitz
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
