Today's Takeaways: Turning the Screw on Russia, Wide-Open Senate Races, and The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in One Family
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Claire Hajaj's parents, Deanne and Mahmoud Hajaj, in Israel for their honeymoon in 1969.
( courtesy Claire Hajaj )
( courtesy Claire Hajaj )