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Why Vardanyan and Other Armenian prisoners aren’t Hostages

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy Rachel Avraham

Who do you think the United States should support in this issue? Obviously, Azerbaijan.

A New Diplomatic Spat Developing Between Baku and Tehran?

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy Rachel Avraham

Gholamreza Gholizadeh, a lay Shia eulogist, referred to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as “bastards” and “consumers of illegitimately acquired food.”

The Future of the Greater Middle East Region

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy Rachel Avraham

As we speak, the greater Middle East is changing before our very own eyes,

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Terrorism

IDF Adds 3 Battalions to Judea and Samaria in Response to Bus Explosions in Metro Tel Aviv

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US

Trump Senior Official Threatens Hamas with ‘Total Annihilation’

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IDF: Body Hamas Returned is NOT Shiri Bibas

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Ukraine

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Santa Ana Public Schools Prevented from Teaching Antisemitic Ethnic Studies

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Terrorism

IDF Adds 3 Battalions to Judea and Samaria in Response to Bus Explosions in Metro Tel Aviv

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US

Trump Senior Official Threatens Hamas with ‘Total Annihilation’

Terrorism

3 Buses Detonate in Bat Yam, Holon; Unexploded Ordnance Found on 2 Additional Buses

News Briefs

News Briefs

A Closer Look at the Six Hostages to Be Released on Saturday

News Briefs

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