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Every post where Trump mentioned “Israel”.

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Israel at a glance

unconditional ally transitioning to assertive broker
Posts analyzed437
Phases11
Turning points8
Coverage2011–2026

Trump's engagement with Israel across 2011–2026 is the most consistently positive foreign policy relationship in the entire dataset series — with one dramatic and revealing exception. From early commentary praising Netanyahu and attacking Obama's abandonment of Israel (2011–2016), through the landmark first-term achievements of Jerusalem recognition and the Abraham Accords (2017–2020), to the October 7 Hamas attack and its aftermath (2023–2025), the stance is unwavering: Israel is America's greatest ally, its enemies are Trump's enemies, and any American president who fails Israel has failed America. The single structural rupture comes in June 2025 — a post in all-caps ordering Israel to stop bombing immediately ('DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS') — followed within hours by Trump's Nobel Peace Prize nomination for the Israel-Iran ceasefire deal he personally brokered. This moment crystallizes the defining tension of the second term: Trump is simultaneously Israel's most forceful defender and its most assertive broker, willing to issue direct orders when his peace architecture is at stake. The Gaza ceasefire management (2025–2026) also introduces a new complexity: Trump is orchestrating Israeli military restraint, Hamas negotiations, and humanitarian aid delivery simultaneously — a governing role that goes far beyond the cheerleading posture of 2011–2016.

2011-2013
israel defender vs obama abandonment

Israel is under threat from Iran's nuclear program, Palestinian statehood campaigns at the UN, Obama's pressure on settlements, and a White House that treats Israel worse than its enemies. Trump's Israel posts are almost entirely reactive — each triggered by a perceived Obama slight. Netanyahu is praised as a 'true US friend and great leader'. The message to Jewish voters is explicit: Obama is a disaster for Israel, and Trump understands this.

27 posts across three years. The UN Palestinian statehood bid (2011) generates the most activity — Trump calls for immediate UN defunding if the PA gets statehood. Obama's pressure on Jerusalem building, failure to invite Israel to the NATO summit, and Hagel nomination are each attacked as betrayals. Netanyahu's UN speech is praised. A Shalom TV interview video endorsing Netanyahu is shared. The 2013 post — 'I do not understand how so many of my Jewish friends backed Obama... He is a TOTAL DISASTER FOR ISRAEL' — is the most emotionally direct appeal to Jewish voters in this period.

Turning point
Sep 21, 2011

The Palestinian statehood bid at the UN triggers Trump's first concentrated Israel advocacy — defunding the UN if the PA gets statehood, praising Netanyahu, supporting Perry's pro-Israel stance. Israel becomes a deliberate political credential.

2014-2016
israel champion and electoral credential builder

Obama is escalating from Israel-neglect to active betrayal — canceling flights, withholding weapons, recognizing Hamas, meeting with the Iranian Defense Minister instead of the Israeli Defense Minister. Trump positions himself as the only candidate who will reverse this. He receives a 'Friend of Israel' award, boasts of being Grand Marshall of the Salute to Israel Parade (2004), and declares 'Nobody but Donald Trump will save Israel.' The Republican platform is celebrated as 'most pro-Israel of all time.'

43 posts. Obama's Israel record is attacked with escalating intensity: 'Never a greater enemy to Israel than Obama', 'treats our known enemies much better than Israel', 'Is President Obama trying to destroy Israel?' The 'Friend of Israel' award acceptance and the 2004 Israel Parade recall establish Trump's credentials as a long-standing Israel ally. Hillary Clinton's Muslim ban in Israel is deployed as hypocrisy. Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel are covered with immediate condemnation posts. The self-promotional dimension — 'Nobody but Donald Trump will save Israel' — is the most explicit Israel-credential building in the dataset.

Turning point
Jan 8, 2015

The formal 'Friend of Israel' award institutionalizes Trump's Israel credential. Combined with the 2004 Salute to Israel Parade Grand Marshall recall, Trump establishes a documented, dated history of Israel support predating his political career.

2017-2018
presidential israel champion jerusalem declaration

The Jerusalem recognition and Embassy move are the central first-term Israel achievements. Trump frames them as the fulfillment of a promise every prior president made and failed to keep. Netanyahu is a 'good friend.' The Embassy opening is a 'great day for Israel.' The Iranian missile threat to Israel is used to validate withdrawal from the JCPOA. The Abraham Accords framework begins taking shape as the positive peace agenda.

18 posts. The December 2017 Jerusalem declaration post is the most consequential Israel post of the first term: formal recognition after decades of deferral. The May 2018 Embassy opening generates multiple celebratory posts. Netanyahu bilateral meetings at Davos and the UN are documented with warm personal notes. The Iran missile post links Israel's security directly to the JCPOA withdrawal. The 70th Anniversary post ('We have no better friends anywhere') is the warmest Israel sentiment of the first term.

Turning point
Dec 6, 2017

The Jerusalem declaration is the single most consequential Israel action in the dataset — decades of presidential promises finally fulfilled. It transforms Trump's Israel support from rhetorical to historic and irreversible.

2019-2020
abraham accords architect and anti squad framing

The Abraham Accords (UAE, Bahrain, Kosovo, Sudan normalizations) are Trump's signature Israel achievement. Each announcement is framed as 'historic' and 'a great day for peace.' The Tlaib/Omar 'Squad' gives Trump a domestic political enemy to contrast with his Israel support. The first Embassy anniversary is commemorated as promise-keeping. The Golan Heights recognition and Netanyahu re-election congratulations complete the picture of maximum first-term support.

85 posts. The Abraham Accords cascade (August–September 2020) generates the highest-density positive Israel posts in the dataset — multiple 'HISTORIC Peace Agreement' announcements in rapid succession. The Squad attacks (Tlaib 'hates Israel and all Jewish people', Omar's 'anti-Semite' designation) provide a domestic political frame: Democrats = anti-Israel, Trump = pro-Israel. The out-of-office complaint (2022) — 'No President has done more for Israel... surprisingly Evangelicals are more appreciative than Jewish people' — reveals frustration with insufficient reciprocal recognition from the Jewish community.

Turning point
Aug 13, 2020

The UAE normalization is the first of multiple Abraham Accords announcements, transforming Trump from an Israel-defender into an active regional peace architect. The accords are his most substantive foreign policy achievement and the most politically durable Israel legacy.

2021-2022
out of office credential defender with jewish community grievance

Trump is out of office and focused on defending his Israel record. The Abraham Accords are cited as a legacy achievement. The Jerusalem recognition anniversary is commemorated. But the most striking posts are the frustration posts: Evangelicals appreciate Trump's Israel record more than American Jews do, and Jewish leaders have 'forgotten' who was the greatest friend of Israel. The subtext is electoral: Trump is defending his Israel brand for the 2024 cycle.

4 posts in 2022, none in 2021. The 2022 posts are almost entirely retrospective and defensive. The Wayne post — 'how quickly Jewish Leaders forgot that I was the best, by far, President for Israel' — is the most candid statement of Trump's Israel-gratitude expectation. The Abraham Accords fifth anniversary linkage maintains legacy visibility. The post-midterm frustration at insufficient Jewish community recognition is a notable crack in the otherwise unambiguously positive Israel frame.

2023
october 7 defender and counterfactual shield

October 7 immediately becomes a Biden-failure event and a Trump-deterrence validation. 'The horrible attack on Israel, much like the attack on Ukraine, would never have happened if I were President — ZERO CHANCE!' The $6B Iran 'ransom' is blamed for funding Hamas. Biden 'betrayed' Israel. American students at Harvard supporting Hamas are attacked. The hostages generate sustained posts through year end. 'I KEPT ISRAEL SAFE' is the most concentrated credential claim.

85 posts — the densest Israel year in the dataset. October 7 generates an immediate and sustained response. The counterfactual ('would never have happened under me') mirrors the Ukraine framing precisely. The Iran-$6B-Hamas chain of causation is the most specific policy argument. The Squad/Palestinian-sympathizer frame from 2019 is retroactively validated: 'the same people that attacked Israel are right now pouring into our once beautiful USA.' The religious intensity is higher than in any prior period — 'the killers will burn forever in the eternal pit of hell.' Harvard antisemitism is attacked.

Turning point
Oct 7, 2023

The Hamas attack immediately re-activates every prior Israel frame simultaneously: Biden-failure, Iran-enabled, deterrence-validated, counterfactual-proven. 'Would never have happened under me — ZERO CHANCE' is the purest distillation of the entire Israel-as-Trump-credential argument.

2024
campaign israel champion vs biden harris weakness

Biden withholding weapons from Israel is attacked as a betrayal equal in severity to October 7 itself. Kamala Harris is 'very very bad to Israel and to Jewish people.' Every Israeli military operation is supported. The Hamas documentary is promoted. Hezbollah rocket attacks are used to demand a strong presidential response. Trump claims adversaries feared him and therefore showed restraint — October 7 proves what happens without that deterrence.

59 posts. Biden's weapons hold generates the most direct policy attack: 'Yet Crooked Joe Biden is threatening to hold up the weapons Israel needs.' Harris is framed as equally harmful. The hostage documentary is amplified. The Hezbollah attack post ('will go down as another moment in History created by a weak President and Vice President') applies the deterrence-through-strength frame to Israeli security. Rich Lowry/National Review quote on adversary restraint under Trump provides intellectual validation.

2025 (Jan–May)
ceasefire architect and hostage negotiator

The January 2025 Gaza ceasefire is immediately framed as a Trump achievement — 'could have only happened as a result of our Historic Victory in November.' The Gaza Strip as potential US territory post-fighting is proposed. The Holocaust Memorial Council formation signals institutional Israel commitment. Netanyahu's domestic legal troubles are defended — 'Bibi and I just went through HELL together.'

14 posts through May. The ceasefire announcement post is the most triumphant Israel post since the Abraham Accords. The Gaza-to-US territory proposal is the most controversial and novel policy statement in the Israel dataset — Trump floats the idea of the US receiving Gaza from Israel as a post-war territory disposition. Netanyahu's Israeli coalition crisis is defended: Trump attacks those pursuing a 'Witch Hunt' against the Israeli PM as ungrateful. Holocaust Memorial Council formation signals ongoing institutional Israel alignment.

Turning point
Jan 15, 2025

The January 2025 ceasefire announcement is framed as a direct result of Trump's electoral victory — the world changed its behavior in anticipation of Trump's return. Israel becomes an active diplomatic management file, not just a political credential.

2025 (Jun)
iran war co belligerent then direct order to stop

June 2025 is the most dynamic Israel month in the dataset. Iran nuclear sites are struck by US and Israeli forces jointly. Trump announces the Iran-Israel ceasefire and is nominated for a Nobel Prize. Then — within days — he issues an all-caps direct order to Israel to stop bombing: 'DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS.' Netanyahu's prosecution is defended. The complexity of being simultaneously Israel's co-belligerent, its peace broker, and its restraining force is unprecedented in the dataset.

Eight posts in June. The US-Israel joint Iran strikes ('the attack, by the United States and Israel') are the most militarily engaged Israel posts in the dataset. The Nobel Prize nomination for the Israel-Iran ceasefire is amplified. The all-caps 'DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS' post is the single most dramatic departure from the unconditional ally posture — Trump directly orders Israel to stop military action, with his own name as the authority. Within hours, the ceasefire is announced and Israel and Iran come to Trump 'almost simultaneously' asking for peace.

Turning point
Jun 24, 2025

The all-caps order to Israel to stop bombing is the single most dramatic rupture in the unconditional-ally posture across fifteen years of posts. Trump issues a direct presidential command to a foreign ally — framed not as criticism but as the peace architect protecting his own ceasefire architecture. Within hours the Iran-Israel ceasefire is announced.

2025 (Jul–Dec)
gaza ceasefire manager and hostage broker

Gaza ceasefire implementation and hostage release become the operational focus. Hamas is warned about using hostages as human shields. Israel is told to stop bombing Gaza so hostages can be released safely. The 60-day ceasefire is announced. Qatar and Egypt are credited as partners. Hamas is assessed as 'ready for lasting PEACE.' Trump positions himself as the indispensable broker between all parties — not purely as Israel's defender but as the regional peace architect.

17 posts. The Gaza management posts are operationally detailed — specific conditions, 60-day ceasefire parameters, humanitarian aid delivery tracking. Hamas human shield warning is the most alarmed post since October 7. 'Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza so that we can get the Hostages out safely' is the most direct instruction to Israel to show military restraint since the June 'DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS' post. Trump acknowledges Hamas as a negotiating party even while condemning it — a more complex posture than the pure condemnation of 2023.

2026 (Jan–Mar)
peace plan implementer and israel iran victory narrator

Gaza 20-Point Peace Plan implementation is announced. Iran's plans to 'obliterate Israel' are declared dead. The US-Israel joint Iran campaign is defended against Democratic criticism. Netanyahu meets with Trump in February. Syria's warming to Israel and the US under the new regime is noted approvingly. The post-Iran-war Middle East is framed as a Trump-built regional architecture.

17 posts. The Gaza Peace Plan Phase 2 announcement signals ongoing operational management beyond a simple ceasefire. The Iran-Israel framing in March — 'Iran had plans of taking over the entire Middle East, and completely obliterating Israel. JUST LIKE IRAN ITSELF, THOSE PLANS ARE NOW DEAD!' — is the most triumphal Israel-protection claim in the dataset. The Netanyahu February meeting is the last direct bilateral post in the dataset. Syria's warming to US and Israel is treated as a regional domino validating the entire second-term Middle East strategy.

Turning point
Mar 13, 2026

The post declaring Iran's plans to obliterate Israel 'DEAD' is the capstone statement of the second-term Israel-Iran campaign. It completes the arc from 'Iran's nuclear program must be stopped' (2011) to 'those plans are now dead, thanks to us' (2026) — a fifteen-year security promise Trump claims to have fulfilled.

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Israel posts over time

Color intensity reflects mention frequency relative to the busiest month.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecTotal
201121
201230
20136
201413
201515
201615
20177
201811
201950
202035
20224
202385
202459
202569
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RT @TeamTrump PRESIDENT TRUMP on the global turmoil under Kamala: "You would not have had Ukraine being attacked by Russia. You wouldn't have had October 7th in Israel, where that horrible situation took place."

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RT @NewsMax Trump: "A vote for Comrade Kamala Harris is a vote to obliterate Israel."

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A VOTE FOR COMRADE KAMALA HARRIS IS A VOTE TO OBLITERATE ISRAEL, AND FAST!

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https:// freebeacon.com/elections/trump -israel-will-not-exist-two-years-from-now-under-harris/

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Andrew Cherkasky: “Democrats want to see Trump prosecuted for their own lawfare benefit.”\n \nLeo Terrell: “It’s all politics. If anyone tells you otherwise, they are not a lawyer.”\n \nAlan Dershowitz: “I have observed and participated in trials throughout the world. I have seen justice and injustice in China, Russia, Ukraine, England, France, Italy, Israel, as well as in nearly 40 of our 50 states. But in my 60 years as a lawyer and law professor, I have never seen a spectacle such as the one I observed sitting in the front row of the courthouse.”\n \nBill O’Reilly: “The State of New York's image as a place of freedom and fairness is in tatters. There is no justice in New York…There is no question New York ranks up there with Venezuela and Cuba.”

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“NO PRESIDENT HAS DEFENDED ISRAEL AND JEWISH AMERICANS MORE THAN DONALD J. TRUMP.”

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RUSSIA NEVER INVADED UKRAINE UNDER TRUMP! IRAN NEVER INVADED ISRAEL UNDER TRUMP! NOBODY INVADED ANYBODY UNDER TRUMP! CHINA NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF INVADING TAIWAN UNDER TRUMP! BIGGEST EVER EMBARRASSMENT IN AFGHANISTAN WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED UNDER TRUMP! THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP! WHAT A DIFFERENT WORLD IT WOULD BE UNDER TRUMP!!!

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The Hostage Crisis in Israel is only taking place because Comrade Kamala Harris is weak and ineffective, and has no idea what she’s doing. I look forward to seeing her at the Debate! Biden failed, and now he spends his day on the beach, plotting and scheming how to take out his once Political Opponent, ME, who took him out both at the Debate, and otherwise. THE OCTOBER 7th ISRAELI CRISIS WOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE PRESIDENT!

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I want to thank the families of our Great Warriors who have been lost to us for the way they came together as one, and thanked me for attending, at their request, the Celebration of their wonderful family members who, because of the Incompetence of Kamala Harris and Joe Biden, are no longer with us. Thank you for saying you wanted me to stand with you at Arlington National Ceremony, and take pictures, that it was your request, not mine, but it was my Great Honor to do so. I WILL NEVER FORGET! Lightweight V.P. Kamala Harris tried turning it around, because they weren’t there, have never spoken to the families, and have no intention to do so. In Afghanistan, you don’t take the Soldiers out first, you take the Soldiers out last. This would be Military 101, the most basic, and the “leaders” of that Disaster should be immediately fired. We have FOOLS in the White House, and now, they are trying to solve the Hostage Crisis in Israel. Guess how that’s going to turn out?

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This is the third anniversary of the BOTCHED Afghanistan withdrawal, the most EMBARRASSING moment in the history of our Country. Gross Incompetence - 13 DEAD American soldiers, hundreds of people wounded and dead, AMERICANS and BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT LEFT BEHIND. You don’t take our soldiers out first, you take them out LAST, when all else is successfully done. Russia then invaded Ukraine, Israel was attacked, and the USA became, and is, a laughing stock all over the World. THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA REMAINS SILENT IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE WORST ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY! MAGA2024

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SHE HATES ISRAEL - Wouldn’t even show up to Congress for Netanyahu’s session!

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The highly overrated Jewish Governor of the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro, made a really bad and poorly delivered speech talking about freedom and fighting for Comrade Kamala Harris for President, yet she hates Israel and will do nothing but make its journey through the complexities of survival as difficult as possible, hoping in the end that it will fail. Judge only by her actions! Yet Shapiro, for strictly political reasons, refused to acknowledge that I am the best friend that Israel, and the Jewish people, ever had. I have done more for Israel than any President, and frankly, I have done more for Israel than any person, and it’s not even close. Shapiro has done nothing for Israel, and never will. Comrade Kamala Harris, the Radical Left Marxist who stole the nomination from Crooked Joe, will do even less. Israel is in BIG trouble!

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https://www. breitbart.com/politics/2024/08 /08/trump-kamala-has-been-very-very-bad-to-israel-and-to-jewish-people/

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Kamala refuses to do interviews because her team realizes she is unable to answer questions, much like Biden was not able to answer questions, but for different reasons. He is just plain “shot,” and she is just plain “Incompetent.” Her policies of Open Borders, No Fracking or Drilling for Oil in any Way, Shape or Form, Transgender “anything,” Anti Israel but gross incompetence toward getting anything done for the Palestinians, No Clue on Inflation, or the Economy, Unlimited Money to fight Foreign Wars, and so much more, are CATASTROPHIC. If she is Elected, our County, and indeed the World, will suffer a 1929 Style Great Depression. It will be the Worst in history and AMERICA WILL BE DESTROYED!

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Mark Levin: “Kamala Harris ‘Worst Israel-Hater, Islamist Propagandist’ to Seek Dem Presidential Nomination” https://www. breitbart.com/politics/2024/08 /02/mark-levin-kamala-harris-worst-israel-hater-islamist-propagandist-seek-democratic-presidential-nomination/

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RUSSIA NEVER INVADED UKRAINE UNDER TRUMP! IRAN NEVER INVADED ISRAEL UNDER TRUMP! NOBODY INVADED ANYBODY UNDER TRUMP! CHINA NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF INVADING TAIWAN UNDER TRUMP! BIGGEST EVER EMBARRASSMENT IN AFGHANISTAN WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED UNDER TRUMP! THERE WAS NO INFLATION UNDER TRUMP! WHAT A DIFFERENT WORLD IT WOULD BE UNDER TRUMP!!!

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Today’s Attack on Israel cannot be forgotten. It will go down as another moment in History created by a weak and ineffective United States President and Vice President. With time, this situation will only get worse for our Country. It must galvanize the Republican Party, Democrats, Independents, Conservatives, Progressives, Libertarians, and everybody else to put STRENGTH, RESPECT, AND POWER back into the U.S.A. This Attack, just like the Attack of October 7th, or the Ukraine/Russia War, would have never happened if I were President! It is a dangerous and terrible time for the World, and it is almost the entire fault of the incompetent Biden-Harris Administration. It must be changed, and quickly. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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RT @realamericasvoice President @realDonaldTrump takes the stage at #Bitcoin2024 conference in Nashville and immediately offers heartfelt sympathy for the attack that just happened in Israel.

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P.M. Netanyahu of Israel had a terrible and “insulting” meeting in D.C. with Kamala Harris, who also refused to preside over Congress during his speech, which is an obligation of the V.P. Rarely has such a thing happened. Her ineptness will greatly prolong the war and delay the hostage release. The same people that embarrassed us in AFGHANISTAN with their gross incompetence, are the ones who are telling Israel not to fight any longer with Hamas. Forget October 7th, they say! Any Jewish person that votes for Kamala, or a Democrat, should immediately have their head examined. Likewise Catholics, who are being persecuted by this Administration, should not be voting for Radical Left Kamala. VOTE TRUMP 2024. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!

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Derrick Anderson is running to represent the wonderful people of Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. He bravely fought for our Great Country as a Green Beret, and was deployed to Afghanistan, Bahrain, Jordan, Israel, and Lebanon. Unlike the current administration, he never left anyone behind!\n \nDerrick is America First all the way, and he is running against a weak and pathetic Democrat named Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman who, along with Adam “Shifty” Schiff and others, lied to push the Ukraine Impeachment Hoax, a continuation of the greatest and most dangerous Political WITCH HUNT in the History of our Country!\n \nDerrick Anderson has my Complete and Total Endorsement - HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!

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