"Shame on you," Israeli envoy Erdan says, "that you dare condemn the words of an Israeli minister ... while your president ... regularly incites terrorism and actively attempts to rewrite facts and the truth by erasing Jewish history."

By a 61-to-47 final vote, the Knesset approved the bill under which prime ministers can be deemed unfit – and compelled to step aside – either if they or three-quarters of cabinet ministers declare them so on physical or psychological grounds.

On the national level, the Knesset declaration that the Jewish people can now legally go back to an area of Israel that it was forced to abandon, conveys a strong message to our enemies.

When Saudi Arabia realized that relations with the US were not improving, it became relevant in the eyes of the rival to America, China. And that's really the story.

Although it was initially limited primarily to the New York City and Chicago metropolitan areas, Candida auris has now been detected in more than half of US states, with recent cases mostly reflecting local transmission of the disease. Other countries have also reported increased spread of the fungus.