Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in Jerusalem, Israel, on January 31, 2023. (State Department via Flickr)

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts rockets fired by Hamas in the sky above the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. (Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China)

Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu greet supporters at an election-night event on November 1, 2022, in Jerusalem, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Members of Fifth Special Forces Group conducting .50 caliber weapons training during counter-ISIS operations at al-Tanf Garrison in southern Syria on November 25, 2017. (DVIDS)

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White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the White House on August 17, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

A Sukhoi Su-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, China, on November 10, 2014. (Aleksandar Plavevski/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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A man holding his smartphone stands under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran, Iran, on December 3, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The Western Wall in Jerusalem. (Stock Photo)