Israel

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"It will be harder to be a friend of Israel if we are out of money," Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said in Israel while stating his belief that the U.S. cannot keep borrowing money so it can keep writing checks to other countries. (Associated Press)

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American television personality and evangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson, pictured after a speech to a crowd of mostly evangelical Christians from various nations on a pilgrimage to Israel, during an event of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2004. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Egyptian protesters chant slogans against Israel, holding Palestinian flags as they march for marking Jerusalem Day in Cairo on June 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, as he sits next to Israeli president Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Centre, at the Dead Sea May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (center), Israeli President Shimon Peres (left) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (right) participate in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Center at the Dead Sea in Jordan on Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)

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U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry (left) meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any talks. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)