This is not exclusive to the Middle East—"map wars" are underway across the globe ... But the map served a political aim, too ...

Soon after President Donald Trump announced that the US will 'takeover' the Gaza Strip, social media users shared a 'new map' showing Israel and American territory in the Middle East.

Ahead of his departure for the US, Netanyahu issued a statement Sunday on X pledging to “redraw” the map of the Middle East, in a reference to his government’s plan to create a “greater ...