Boteach said that anti-Israel protesters targeted him, likely because he wears a kippah, even though he did not provoke them.

The antagonist approached the Rabbi at a Miami Beach hotel, and launched into a violent and threatening tirade.

After reportedly assuring Rabbi Shmuely Boteach they would not disrupt an event with Benjamin Netanyahu's son, members of the virulently anti-Israel group Code Pink sent the talk into chaos.

Ahead of the Bahrain summit, US Special Envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt clarified that the Trump administration does not intend to impose a plan.

'Israel is an oasis of openness, freedom, democracy and tolerance amidst a desert of brutality from an age gone by,' said celebrity Roseanne Barr.