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Protesters wave Israeli flags outside parliament in Jerusalem on Monday, part of a massive show of anger over the hard-right government's push to overhaul the justice system. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Here's why Netanyahu's court overhaul, now on hold, brought Israel to the brink

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Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan set up bonfires and block a highway during a protest moments after the Israeli leader fired his defense minister, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 26, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg/AP hide caption

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Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking the freeway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption

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Crosses honoring fallen Marines stand at the top of Horno Ridge at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Graham Smith/NPR hide caption

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Ibrahim Muslimani, 30, speaks to a class about a piece of music blending different eras and languages at the Nefes Foundation for Arts and Culture, which he founded in 2016, in Gaziantep, Turkey, on Nov. 22, 2022. Nicole Tung for NPR hide caption

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Retired U.S. Air Force pilot Steve Ankerstar (L) and former Baghdad resident Shaymaa Khalil (R) joined NPR's Morning Edition to discuss their memories of the 'shock and awe' bombing campaign that began the Iraq war. Courtesy of Shayma Khalil and Steve Ankerstar. hide caption

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Reflecting on the Pentagon's 'shock and awe' campaign that began the invasion of Iraq

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Activists light candles outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that launched the Iraq War in 2003. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Win Without War hide caption

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Iraq vets reflect on a war Americans have largely put behind them

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Soldiers of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division secure a field near Najaf, Iraq, at sunrise on March 23, 2003. John Moore/AP hide caption

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Capturing the sound of war as U.S. forces charged for Baghdad

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From left: Ali Adeeb Alnaemi, Carlos Gomez-Perez, Kayla Williams. Courtesy of Ali Adeeb Alnaemi, Carolos Gomez-Perez and Kayla Williams. hide caption

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4 people recall the invasion of Iraq and say the consequences live on

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U.S. Marine Maj. Bull Gurfein pulls down a poster of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on March 21, 2003, a day after the start of the U.S. invasion, in Safwan, Iraq. Chris Hondros/Getty Images hide caption

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A quake survivor spends a night outside in Idlib, Syria on Feb. 9, 2023, following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in neighboring Turkey. A doctor in Syria says it's still difficult to get needed medical supplies. Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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FILE - Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on March 21, 2021. Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday, March 12, 2023, it earned a $161 billion profit last year, attributing its earnings to higher crude oil prices. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption

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Israeli soldiers operate in village of Sarra near the Palestinians West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, March 12, 2023. Israeli forces fatally shot three Palestinian gunmen who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. Majdi Mohammed/AP hide caption

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More than two decades after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, the five men accused have still not gone to trial, and four presidential administrations have wrestled with the Guantánamo problem. Dion MBD for NPR hide caption

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A year after plea talks began, the 9/11 case is still in limbo, frustrating families

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Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani (right) shakes hands with senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi, as Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban looks on during an agreement signing ceremony between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in Beijing, Friday. Nournews via AP hide caption

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Rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran restore ties, with China's help. Here's why it matters

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