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Ephraim Sneh, a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces, served as Israel’s deputy minister of defense. He is currently chairman of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Strategic Dialogue at Netanya Academic College.
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![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks on a podium as U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a ceremony commemorating the six million Jews killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust, in the Hall of Remembrance at Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX376QY](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2017/05/RTX376QY.jpg/RTX376QY.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=-pZJvGy1)
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![A Houthi follower carries a mock missile as he shouts slogans during a demonstration against the United Nations in Sanaa, Yemen, July 5, 2015. Hundreds of supporters of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels took to the streets of the Yemeni capital on Sunday to protest against the United Nations and its alleged support of Yemen's exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi - RTX1J485](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2016/11/RTX1J485.jpg/RTX1J485.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=medF6Y8w)
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![A member of the Saudi security forces stands guard as other demonstrate their skills during a military exercise in Arar, near Saudi Arabia's northern border with Iraq March 18, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal AlNasser (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS) - RTR4TWNJ](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2015/08/RTR4TWNJ.jpg/RTR4TWNJ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=agqHHzxa)
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![A Shi'ite Houthi rebel walks at a checkpoint in Sanaa December 11, 2014. The Houthis are an armed Shi'ite faction whose fighters had swept down from the north and stunningly captured Sanaa from the army about a month earlier. Their arrival following anti-government protests threatens to further destabilise Yemen, already wracked by political turmoil since the Arab Spring revolutions of 2011. To match Insight YEMEN-HOUTHIS/ REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi (YEMEN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT) - RTR4HNFD](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/12/RTR4HNFD.jpg/RTR4HNFD.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=T3iaa2OW)
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![Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he address the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) central council in the West Bank City of Ramallah April 26, 2014. Abbas said on Saturday he was still ready to extend stalled peace talks with Israel, as long as it met his long-standing demands to free prisoners and halt building on occupied land. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE) - RTR3MPL7](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/08/RTR3MPL7.jpg/RTR3MPL7.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=7N8bcMhT)
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![JERUSALEM:Deputy Defence Minister Ephraim Sneh shows journalists in Jerusalem 19 March 2000 the planned Israeli withdrawal from 6.1 percent of the occupied territoris in the West Bank. The Israeli cabinet approved earlier in the day the long-due handover of land to full Palestinian control. (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/07/51397653.jpg/51397653.jpg?h=c2c5b897&itok=_zqigvr2)
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