Washington had reportedly threatened to impose a 25% tariff on European automobile imports if Britain, France and Germany did not formally accuse Iran of breaking the nuclear agreement.

“Nobody gave us a shot ... and we shocked the world,” Team Israel coach EricHoltz says of the qualifying process. “It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity and we as a team couldn’t be prouder to represent Israel.”

If the Iranian regime feels that the world is not paying attention, then they will get away with many more years of the repression and terror they inflict not only on their people, but upon the rest of the world.

Several hundred Muslim worshippers coming out of the morning prayer service at the Al-Aqsa Mosque chant anti-Israel slogans, security forces use crowd control measures to disperse them. Police say "will not allow disturbances to take place or nationalistic calls on the Temple Mount."