The main players – the United States, Israel, Iran, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Hezbollah, Yemen's Houthi rebels and Shiite militias in Iraq – are all capable of igniting or exacerbating a conflagration.

Those who seek to make the Jews the scapegoat for a conflict between the U.S. and the ayatollah regime are just as wrong as those who failed to see the threat to peace presented by the Iran nuclear deal.

PLO Executive Committee member Ahmed Majdalani: "There will be no Palestinian participation in the Manama workshop." While Israel has no problem attending the conference, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely says Palestinians "not genuinely interested in economic benefits."

Over the centuries, rabbis have addressed cases related to potentially deformed fetuses, pregnancy as the result of rape or adultery. According to the Jewish texts, there is more than one view.

Taking the oath of office in Ukraine's parliament in Kiev, Volodymyr Zelensky evokes Israel's defensive prowess as he pledges to protect Ukraine's sovereignty and independence. "We must become Icelanders in soccer, Israelis in defending our land, Japanese in technology," he says.