The foundation also donated to several other Jewish causes.

The structure was replicated to scale to match the actual size of the lunar lander that SpaceIL launched into space earlier this year.

The White House, Pentagon and U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

A study recently released warns that over the next two decades, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens from the former Soviet Union or of Ethiopian descent may need to validate their Judaism.

The Jewish dating website, JWed, announced this week that it is raffling off a free trip to Israel to any couple who met through JWed or its predecessor site, Frumster.

“All long we had this older, giant city that was hiding just a meter under the city we were investigating,” expedition leader Aren Maeir said.

Horowitz will lead the list, followed by Shaffir. Barak will be tenth on the list.

In Rouhani's alternative plan, Iran would not demand that the US return to the JCPOA, but would expect sanctions on Iran's oil exports and international banking to be revised.