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Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah earlier this week (Picture: Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

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An Al Jazeera English correspondent reports live from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. Israel's Prime Minister said his government has decided to shut down the Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera, with which his administration has had a long-running feud. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

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A woman takes part in a protest march in Brussels over the 're-education' camps for ethnic Uyghurs in China (Picture: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israeli police detain a boy as Israeli Arabs and left-wing Israelis protest against the purchase of houses in Jaffa, near Tel Aviv by a Jewish religious institution (Picture: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images)

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Palestinians assess the damage in a building caused by Israeli air strikes, in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip, on May 14, 2021. - Israel pounded Gaza and deployed extra troops to the border as Palestinians fired barrages of rockets back, with the death toll in the enclave on the fourth day of conflict climbing to over 100. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli artillery pounds Gaza ahead of possible ground incursion

A Palestinian man runs away from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem (Picture: Mahmoud Illean/AP)

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Scotland's 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign gets under way with a home match against Austria

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Ascension Day, also known as, Holy Thursday, the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord or The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ, commemorates the moment Jesus ascended into heaven (Photo: Shutterstock)

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Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops. Picture: AP Photo/Khalil Hamra

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More than 50 killed in Gaza as US embassy opens in Jerusalem

Jimmy Morales, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands. Picture: ABIR SULTAN/AFP/Getty Images

Guatemala announces embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

The voting results are displayed on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly in which the United States declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was declared "null and void". (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May discussed Jerusalem in a phone conversation. Pictures: Getty

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Tensions have flared over US President Donald Trump's declaration on Jerusalem. Picture: Getty Images

Protestors burn US flags in ugly clashes over Donald Trump Jerusalem call

Palestinian protesters evacuate a wounded demonstrator during clashes with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El. Picture: Getty

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Palestinians pray as Israeli border police officers stand guard at the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. Picture: AP Photo/Oded Balilty

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Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert leaves the courtroom of the Supreme Court after the court ruled on his appeal in the Holyland corruption case in Jerusalem. Picture: AP

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Israeli security forces gather at the site where a Palestinian attacker stabbed a British woman. Pic: Getty Images

Brit stabbed to death in Jerusalem

The Cullin mountain range, Isle of Skye. Picture: Creative Commons

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US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about Israeli-Palestinian policy. Picture: AP

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Benjamin Netanyah opposes a move for dozens of countries to endorse an international framework for peace at French talks. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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Israeli police secures the scene of a shooting attack in Jerusalem Picture; AP /Mahmoud Illean.

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The monument which marks the spot of Robert the Bruce's interred heart at Melrose Abbey. PIC Crown Copyright/ Historic Environment Scotland.

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Iran fires missiles with 'wipe-out' threat to Israel

Israeli security forces pat down a Palestinian man atone of the main entrances to Jerusalem. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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1970: First jumbo jet arrival at Heathrow Airport, London, with 362 passengers. Picture: Keystone

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More than a simple flag-waving exercise, the hunt for an English anthem involves questions of identity. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

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Ehud Olmert welcomed the supreme court ruling. Picture: AP

Israeli supreme court commutes Ehud Olmert prison term

Yosef Haim Ben David, centre, is escorted by Israeli policemen at the district court in Jerusalem. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Israeli youths convicted in 2014 killing of Palestinian

The difference between the new Hunger Games movie posters displayed in regions of Israel is readily apparent. Photo: YNET

Hunger Games’ Jennifer Lawrence removed from Israeli posters

A Palestinian protester uses a sling shot to hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes after the funerals of Ahmed Abu al-Aish, 28, and Laith Manasrah, 21, from Qalandia refugee camp. Picture: Getty

Two Palestinians die in shootings as tensions with Israel escalate

Israeli soldiers stand at the scene of the shooting of a rabbi and his son near the West Bank city of Hebron. Picture: AP

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Women weep at the funeral of Noor Hassan and her daughter, Rahaf, in Gaza. Picture: AP

Israel airstrike kills pregnant woman and child, 2

Israeli security forces stand guard during the Friday prayers in Jerusalems Old City. Picture: Getty

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Israeli police check the papers of Palestinian women in Jerusalems Old City as tensions mount. Picture: AP

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