WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia released the following written testimony by Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow and director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, from a Sept. 19, 2024, hearing entitled "Israel and the Middle East at a Crossroads: How Tehran's Terror Campaign Threatens the U.S. and Our Allies":

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I. Introductory Remarks