“With a population of almost 1 million – one-third of which is Muslim – Jerusalem’s start-up ecosystem thrives on diversity and the actions of a helpful city government,” the report stated.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said Palestinians had been throwing firebombs at vehicles traveling near the city of Hebron.

Gary Koren, Israel's envoy in Moscow, only just initially presented his credentials to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

While there are few doubts about the IAF's ability to prevail strikes like Thursday night's, what comes next?

Zionist Union MK Amir Peretz, who is of Moroccan descent, said that “what was activated in [Netanyahu] was his racist gene.”

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres had already distanced himself from the report.

Team Israel might have ultimately lost its World Baseball Classic bid but it won by achieving what Koufax did in 1965 – spreading Jewish pride across the globe.

If new suspicions are confirmed, this would be the largest statue of its period ever discovered.