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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump accompany Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara Netanyahu, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, to the Diplomatic Reception room to sign the guest book at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Shealah D. Craighead)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, former NFL player Joe Montana poses with Israeli football players in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who arrived for a weeklong visit to meet some of the 2,000 active players in Israel's various leagues organized by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who has been sponsoring the sport in Israel since it was launched in 1999.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, former NFL player Aeneas Williams takes selfie with an Israeli football player in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who arrived for a weeklong visit to meet some of the 2,000 active players in Israel's various leagues organized by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who has been sponsoring the sport in Israel since it was launched in 1999.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, former NFL players, from left, Jerome Bettis, Jim Brown and Cris Carter attend a football game in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who arrived for a weeklong visit to meet some of the 2,000 active players in Israel's various leagues organized by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who has been sponsoring the sport in Israel since it was launched in 1999.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, former NFL players, from left, Joe Montana, Andre Reed, Mike Singletary and Bruce Smith attend a football game in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who arrived for a weeklong visit to meet some of the 2,000 active players in Israel's various leagues organized by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who has been sponsoring the sport in Israel since it was launched in 1999.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, former NFL player Joe Montana shakes hands with an Israeli football player in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who arrived for a weeklong visit to meet some of the 2,000 active players in Israel's various leagues organized by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who has been sponsoring the sport in Israel since it was launched in 1999.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017 photo, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft signs an autograph in Ramat Hasharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel. 18 members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who arrived for a weeklong visit to meet some of the 2,000 active players in Israel's various leagues organized by Kraft, who has been sponsoring the sport in Israel since it was launched in 1999.(AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Israelis and tourists march during the Gay Pride Parade in Tel Aviv Israel Friday, June 9, 2017. About 200,000 people from the LGBT community in Israel and abroad attended in Tel Aviv's annual gay pride parade. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Illustration on Israel and the Six-Day War by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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In this Tuesday, April 18, 2017 photo, Jewish World War II veterans Chaim Erez, left, Zvi Kan-Tor, center, and Yitzhak Arad stand during an interview with The Associated Press inside the unfinished museum honoring Jewish World War II veterans, in Latrun, Israel. Two years after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to complete the establishment of a museum honoring Jewish World War II veterans, funds have dried up and an abandoned construction site is all that remains of the project. The story of the 1.5 million Jews who fought the Nazis -- and the 250,000 who died in battle -- has long been lost in Israel amid the larger tragedy of the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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This Tuesday, April 18, 2017 photo, shows the unfinished museum honoring Jewish World War II veterans, in Latrun, Israel. Two years after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to complete the establishment of a museum honoring Jewish World War II veterans, funds have dried up and an abandoned construction site is all that remains of the project. The story of the 1.5 million Jews who fought the Nazis -- and the 250,000 who died in battle -- has long been lost in Israel amid the larger tragedy of the Holocaust. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Members of Israel's Knesset speak Monday at a roundtable discussion with leaders of the major Jewish communities in the U.S. during the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. Photo by Laura Kelly/The Washington Times
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Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns the ball to Dudi Sela, of Israel, during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 24, 2017, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Rafael Nadal, of Spain, gestures after defeating Dudi Sela, of Israel, during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 24, 2017, in Key Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts arrive at an airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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Perez family, Venezuelan Jewish converts, arrive to an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Perez family, Venezuelan Jewish converts, arrive to an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts Franklin Perez and his wife Sahir Quitero, son Ezra and daughter Hannah settle in their new home in an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Venezuelan Jewish converts Franklin Perez and his wife Sahir Quitero, son Ezra and daughter Hannah walk inside an absorption center in the southern city of Beersheba, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. For a group of nine struggling Venezuelan converts to Judaism their torturous journey to a better life in the promised land finally brought them to Israel on Thursday. They immigrated under the Law of Return, which gives Jews the world over the right to settle in Israel, Israel, Thursday, March 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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In this March 17, 2017 photo, Jewish converts Sahir Quitero, center, her husband Franklin Perez, son Ezra, left, and daughter Hannah, walk to departures lounge of the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, on their way to Israel. Their journey almost fell apart when late last year, after months of correspondence with officials in Israel, they were denied entry over concerns they weren’t involved enough with Venezuela’s Jewish community and were looking to take advantage of Israel’s immigration policies to flee the troubled South American nation. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
