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Israel's opposition leader and former prime minister Yair Lapid delivers a statement to the press following his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, on Sept. 16, 2024.

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Israeli border guards stand alert as anti-government demonstrators rally with national and pride rainbow flags at Ben Gurion Airport, near Lod, during a protest hours after parliament adopted a key clause of the government's judicial overhaul package at the first reading, July 11, 2023.

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Iran's IRGC launches its fifth satellite into space

Iran's two-stage Simorgh (Phoenix) satellite carrier(L) and Iranian built Safir-type rocket that is designed to carry a satellite into orbit, are displayed in Tehran as people gather to mark the 45th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on February 11, 2024. Iran marked 45 years since the Islamic revolution with a ceremony on February 11, in which the country's president condemned arch foe Israel and demanded it be expelled from the United Nations. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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