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ZARQA, JORDAN - MARCH 10: U.S Vice President Joe Biden (C) reviews weapons and troops during a visit with Jordan's King Abdullah (not pictured) at a joint Jordanian-American training center on March 10, 2016 in Zarqa northeast of Amman, Jordan. This is the final stop on Biden's Middle East tour that also took in Israel and the Palestinian territories. (Photo by Jordan Pix/Getty Images)

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Policy Roundtable: Biden’s Chance to Avoid Old Wars and New Pitfalls in the Middle East

GAZA CITY, GAZA - AUGUST 30: A man leaves after closing his cafe on the corniche of the Gaza Strip, due to the coronavirus lockdown on August 30, 2020 in Gaza City, Gaza. Fears are growing that the already crippled health care system will not be able to cope, as coronavirus cases continue to rise throughout the Gaza strip. In the past weeks Israel has responded to incendiary balloons launched from Gaza, with airstrikes and further blockade restrictions adding to the pressure on residents already struggling with just four hours of electricity a day. In the past week, the Ministry of Health and Security Services in the Gaza Strip have issued strict lockdown and movement restrictions, to try to contain the rising infections. On August 31, Hamas agreed to temporarily end hostilities with Israel in exchange for a cash infusion from Qatar and an agreement with Israel to once again allow fuel to Gaza’s power station in a bid to calm the ongoing situation and deal with the latest coronavirus outbreak. Since March, there have reportedly been over 500 coronavirus cases with 5 confirmed deaths in the Gaza strip. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/Getty Images)

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Saving Gaza Begins with Its Water

MAFRAQ, JORDAN - JANUARY 29: Syrian refugees gather water as they go about their daily business in the Za’atari refugee camp on January 29, 2013 in Mafraq, Jordan. Record numbers of refugees are fleeing the violence and bombings in Syria to cross the borders to safety in northern Jordan and overwhelming the Za'atari camp. The Jordanian government are appealing for help with the influx of refugees as they struggle to cope with the sheer numbers arriving in the country. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

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What the World Can Do about the Middle East’s Coming Environmental Crisis

BSHARRI, LEBANON - MAY 1948: A view of cedar trees on the hills of Bsharri, Lebanon. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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Bringing the Natural World into America’s Middle East Policy: Averting a Crisis Foretold

SEA OF GALILEE, ISRAEL - JUNE 1: A microlight aeroplane flies low towards the Golan Heights where the Jordan River empties into the Sea of Galilee, during an annual visit by members of the Israeli Ultralight Association on June 1, 2007 to the Golan Heights. Indirect peace negotiations between Israel and Syria are expected to start again on Thursday June 12, 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey, casting doubt on Israel's control of the strategic territory which it captured from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War. (Photo by Yuval Nadel/Getty Images)

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Coping with Water Scarcity in the Jordan River Basin

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 15: U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu participate in a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. Netanyahu is in Washington to participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords. (Photo by Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images)

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Israel Prepares to Confront the Biden Administration