"If there were two people killed this week by terrorism the earth would shake."

Having worked with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, I have seen her defend the rights of Jewish Americans firsthand.

In Bahrain, the fear was different. In my wildest nightmares I imagined being called out loudly as a Jew and all heads turning in my direction.

The May 30 police shooting of Halak led to massive criticism of the police, with even the prime minister admitting that the shooting was a mistake.

A Knesset plenum voted 25 to 23 to initiate a parliamentary probe which was then immediately canceled by Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin.

The UAE and Bahrain are only the third and fourth Arab states to make peace with Israel, following Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994.

“I believed in 2010 that we had an opportunity to [have] good relations with the Gulf states,” Kara said.

"So many ... countries in the region recognize that the biggest concern they have ... is Iran and its maligned behavior," he said.