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Israeli military vehicles cross the fence to the buffer zone witrh Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 24: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow Brics leaders pose for a family photo with new Bric members at the last day of the Brics summit fellow leaders president, Xi Jinping, China's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, and Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, Iranian president is Ebrahim Raisi, on the closing day of the BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Center in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on August 24, 2023, South Africa. The Brics summit, held in South Africa between 22-24 August 2023. Brics is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. New Members are Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. Some of the things are discussed during the summit is if to expand Brics and accept new members like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and a Brics currency. Vladimir Putin wanted to attend the meetings but South African president Cyril Ramaphosa managed to talk him out of it, as he risked being arrested while in in South Africa, as the ICC, International Criminal Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Mr. Putin's on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 19: Paul Keary, COO of Teneo Holdings attends the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative Gala at Powerhouse at The American Museum of Natural History on November 19, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

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A visitor tours the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture at the National Museum of Beirut on November 7, 2024. The pavilion has chosen to open its doors to the public and provide a an environment of hope for all those wishing to discover its space dedicated to art and culture, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)

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A visitor tours the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture at the National Museum of Beirut on November 7, 2024. The pavilion has chosen to open its doors to the public and provide a an environment of hope for all those wishing to discover its space dedicated to art and culture, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)

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Silvia Fernandez De Gurmendi (R) of Argentina takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony as a new judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), in The Hague, on January 20, 2010. Kuniko Ozaki of Japan and Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi of Argentina are officially sworn in as ICC Judges after they were elected on November 18, 2009 by the Assembly of States Parties for nine-year terms. ANP AFP PHOTO BAS CZERWINSKI netherlands out - belgium out (Photo credit should read BAS CZERWINSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - 2021/05/22: A protester holds a placard during the demonstration.
Demonstrators came out in support of Palestinians and in opposition to recent Israeli bombardments of Palestinian territories resulting in tragic civilian casualties. The protesters denounced Israeli aggression and its regime of institutionalised discrimination against the Palestinian people, amounting to apartheid. They called on the UK Government to implement sanctions against Israel, including a military embargo to cut the supply of arms, as well as imposing a ban on the import of goods from Israel’s illegal settlements. (Photo by Loredana Sangiuliano/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Israeli security forces detain a Palestinian man during a demonstration demanding the release of Palestinians held in Israeli detention facilities, outside the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem on March 1, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

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