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A portrait of Mahsa Amini is held during a rally in Washington, on Oct. 1, 2022. Amini, who also went by her Kurdish name, Jina, died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy. She was awarded the European Union's top human rights prize on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a meeting with human rights leaders at the State Department in Washington on Thursday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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Left: A Palestinian schoolgirl in Gaza City passes by the main entrance to Pasha's Palace in 2019 as the minaret of the Omari Mosque is seen in the background. Right: Palestinians spend a Ramadan fasting day in 2019 reading the Quran inside the Omari Mosque. Khalil Hamra/AP Images for NPR hide caption

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Israeli strike leaves Gaza's oldest mosque in ruins

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French Ambassador to the United Nations Nicolas de Rivière (center) and other representatives raise their hands in favor of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza during a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Friday. The U.S. vetoed it. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Artwork from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which were moved into the museum's underground safe to protect them from possible damage caused by rocket attacks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, on Nov. 14. Tel Aviv museum director Tania Coen-Uzzielli poses in front of Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Friederike Maria Beer," 1916. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks during the Annual National Menorah Lighting at the White House on Dec. 7, 2023. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The camera that belonged to Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah, who was killed by what a Reuters investigation has found was an Israeli tank crew, is displayed during a press conference by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in Beirut, Lebanon, on Thursday. Emilie Madi/Reuters hide caption

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, pictured at a committee hearing last month, joined Republican senators in blocking aid to Israel and Ukraine. He tells NPR why he thinks support for Israel's military should have strings attached. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Sen. Bernie Sanders says aid to Israel should be conditional, citing the toll on Gaza

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A boy in Rafah, Gaza, holds a leaflet dropped by an Israeli aircraft that advises residents to stay sheltered ahead of planned airstrikes. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption

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Demonstrators at a rally in London wave Israeli flags and hold posters of Israeli hostages on Sunday during a protest over the United Nations' response to allegations of rape and other sexual crimes committed by Hamas militants during the Oct. 7 attacks. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Israel presses U.N. to investigate charges of sexual violence by Hamas fighters

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Mohammed AbuSafia came to the U.S. in July for a two-month medical program at the Cleveland Clinic, but he was stranded in the U.S. by the war in Gaza. At least 39 of his relatives have since been killed. Mohammed AbuSafia hide caption

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Palestinians in Chicago mourn loss of family in Gaza

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Ahmed Alnaouq is a journalist in London and the founder of the group We Are Not Numbers. Alnaouq lost more than 20 members of his own family on October 22 when a missile hit his home in southern Gaza. Ahmed Alnaouq hide caption

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Gazan journalist says over 20 members of his family were killed in airstrike

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A protestor wearing a keffiyeh waves a Palestinian flag during a rally in support of Palestinians in Lisbon in October. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What is a keffiyeh, who wears it, and how did it become a symbol for Palestinians?

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A photo taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, shows smoke billowing during an Israeli bombardment in Gaza amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Israeli men, armed with U.S.-made M16 automatic assault rifles, walk in a shopping center in Jerusalem on Oct. 25, amid the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An Israeli artillery unit is pictured near the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, amid continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Israel is expanding its offensive in Gaza, forcing more Palestinians to flee south

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A salvo of rockets is fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza toward Israel on Oct. 10. Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel started Oct. 7. A senior Hamas official told NPR that its planning was kept a close secret. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Palestinian Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish with four of his five surviving children in Gaza in May 2009. Several months earlier, an Israeli tank shell killed three of his daughters in their home. Abuelaish has worked in Israeli and Palestinian hospitals and is an outspoken advocate for peace. He now lives in Canada, but on Nov. 7, an Israeli airstrike killed 22 members of his extended family in Gaza. Khalil Hamra/AP hide caption

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A Palestinian doctor pushes for peace, but suffers a devastating blow from war

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