World Regions
Middle East:
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Tayyip Recep Erdogan – Turkey
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Stood up for Palestinian rights
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Warming up to Israel
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Sunni Islamic
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Israel – PM Benjamin Netanyahu
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Right Wing; further than center right
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Hawkish
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US and UK biggest supporters of Israel
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Not good friends with neighbors
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Netanyahu dislikes Obama
Obama wants Israel to recognize Palestine as a state
US is warming ties with Iran
Iran is enemy of Israel
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US pledging $38 billion to Israel military
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Syria – Bashar al-Assad
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Extreme Right
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Dictatorship
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Religiously Shia Islam
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Iran a strong ally
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Saudi Arabia – King Salman
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Monarchy
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Egypt – President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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One-Party State
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Right Wing
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Jordan – King Abdullah II
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Open Jordan system a little
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Monarchy
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Right Wing
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Palestine – President Mohamoud Abbas
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Not actually a state
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Iran - President Hassan Rouhani, Ayatollah Khamenei
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Ayatollah is in charge
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Theocracy
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Conservative state
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President is more moderate
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