“With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us,” Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, stated on Wednesday, after threats against nominees for the future administration.
“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were targeted in violent, un-American threats to their lives and those who live with them,” she said.
“These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting.’ In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted,” Leavitt added. “President Trump and the entire transition team are grateful for their swift action.”

Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), issued a “constitutional declaration” on Wednesday, designating Rawhi Fattouh, the chairman of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), as the interim President in the event the office of the presidency is vacated.
The declaration outlines that if Abbas’s position becomes vacant and the Legislative Council is deemed “dysfunctional,” Fattouh will temporarily take on the role of President. His tenure would last for no more than 90 days, during which time elections would be organized.

Universities and colleges that join the BDS movement against Israel could lose access to federal student aid, according to bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday.
H.R. 10257, the Protect Economic Freedom Act, would make institutions of higher education that participate in a nonexpressive commercial boycott of Israel ineligible for federal funding under Title IV of the Higher Education Act.
Rep. Josh Gottehimer (D-N.J.), the bill’s co-sponsor, said that the BDS movement seeks “to annihilate the democratic state of Israel, America’s critical ally in the global fight against terror.”

The Hezbollah ceasefire agreement in Lebanon could pave the way to a deal to release the hostages held by Hamas, Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden, said in a Wednesday briefing for the American Jewish community.
“The Lebanese deal here opens an opportunity on the hostage deal,” he said. “They wake up this morning at 4 a.m. with Hezbollah, that used to be actively supportive of Hamas in the northern front, cutting a deal and ending that conflict.”
“Israel is now not distracted by two fronts. It is fighting a one-front war,” he said. “There’s no cavalry coming from the north anymore for Hamas. Iran supported the ceasefire deal in Lebanon, which means that they know that there was a de-linkage of the Lebanon front and the Gaza front.”

The Prime Minister’s Office announced Israel’s intention on Wednesday to appeal to the International Criminal Court in The Hague against its decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and to demand a delay in the implementation of those warrants.
Israel’s notice of appeal shows in detail the degree to which the ICC decision to issue the arrest warrants is “baseless and without any factual or legal foundation whatsoever,” the PMO said in a statement.
“Should the ICC reject the appeal, this will underscore to Israel’s friends in the United States and around the world how biased the ICC is against the State of Israel,” the PMO said.

“With President Trump as our example, dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deter us,” Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, stated on Wednesday, after threats against nominees for the future administration.
“Last night and this morning, several of President Trump’s Cabinet nominees and administration appointees were targeted in violent, un-American threats to their lives and those who live with them,” she said.
“These attacks ranged from bomb threats to ‘swatting.’ In response, law enforcement and other authorities acted quickly to ensure the safety of those who were targeted,” Leavitt added. “President Trump and the entire transition team are grateful for their swift action.”

Several weeks ago, the IDF successfully thwarted Hezbollah’s efforts to develop chemical weapons, as reported by Channel 12 on Wednesday. Specific details regarding the weapons or their production location were not disclosed in the report.
According to the report, which cited no sources, the chemical weapons were intended for use by Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force in a potential incursion into Israeli territory. Although the development was reportedly in its early stages, Israeli authorities are closely monitoring this emerging threat.

The Biden administration is advancing a $680 million weapons deal with Israel, according to a U.S. official who is familiar with the details. This development comes shortly after a U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect in Lebanon.
The arms package, initially reported by the Financial Times, includes thousands of joint direct attack munition kits (JDAM) and several hundred small-diameter bombs. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed these details.

The Israeli prison guard who executed Adolf Eichmann, one of the masterminds behind the Holocaust, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 86. Shalom Nagar, who carried out Eichmann’s hanging after the Nazi leader was convicted in a historic trial in Jerusalem, played a critical role in one of the most significant moments in Israeli history.
Eichmann, apprehended during a daring operation in Argentina, was responsible for overseeing the deportation and mass murder of European Jews during World War II. As head of the Gestapo’s Jewish Affairs Department, he was instrumental in executing the Nazis’ “Final Solution,” which led to the systematic extermination of millions.

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign advisers admitted they were caught off guard by public polling that showed her leading Donald Trump in September and October of the election cycle, as their private data painted a very different picture.
“We were behind. I mean, I think it surprised people because there were these public polls that came out in late September, early October, showing us with leads that we never saw,” explained David Plouffe, Harris’ senior campaign adviser, during an appearance on “Pod Save America.”