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--PHOTO TAKEN DURING A CONTROLLED TOUR AND SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY-- This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows Israeli soldiers patrolling an area in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFP)

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the Rose Garden at the White House on November 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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A view of the United Nations Headquarters on September 20, 2024 in New York City. The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on September 20 to grant the Palestinians some additional rights in the global body, after their drive for full membership was blocked by the US. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via 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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--PHOTO TAKEN DURING A CONTROLLED TOUR AND SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY-- This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows Israeli soldiers patrolling an area in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFP)

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--PHOTO TAKEN DURING A CONTROLLED TOUR AND SUBSEQUENTLY EDITED UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY-- This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024, shows Israeli soldiers patrolling an area in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis, amid continuing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by Nicolas GARCIA / AFP)

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January 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the Rose Garden at the White House on November 26, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden spoke on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

DAWN Statement: Proposed $8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel Breaches U.S. Law

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A view of the United Nations Headquarters on September 20, 2024 in New York City. The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on September 20 to grant the Palestinians some additional rights in the global body, after their drive for full membership was blocked by the US. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

United Nations: Include 'Israel Bonds' in Settlement Businesses Blacklist and Corporate Crimes Report

January 10, 2025

Tag: Bahrain

A view of the United Nations Headquarters building in New York City, United States on July 16, 2024. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

States Should Raise Human Rights Concerns in Bahrain at UN General Assembly

September 26, 2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) walks with Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa at the start of their meeting in Manama, on the latest leg of his week-long trip across the Middle East on January 10, 2024. Blinken arrived in the Gulf state of Bahrain, home base of the US Fifth Fleet, for talks with King Hamad on preventing a regional escalation of the war between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, the State Department said. (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)

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Raise Political Freedom Concerns During Bahrain's Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly

BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN - DECEMBER 06: George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11, Valtteri Bottas of Finland driving the (77) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes W11 and Sergio Perez of Mexico driving the (11) Racing Point RP20 Mercedes at the first corner at the start of the race during the F1 Grand Prix of Sakhir at Bahrain International Circuit on December 06, 2020 in Bahrain, Bahrain. (Photo by Tolga Bozoglu - Pool/Getty Images)

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - 2022/02/04: Zeynure Obul, wife of Idris Hasan who is jailed in Morocco and faces extradition back to China, seen during the demonstration.
Hundreds of Uyghurs living in Istanbul, Turkey protested close to the Chinese consulate calling for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing which opened Friday, February 4. (Photo by Nicholas Muller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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