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Who in the Biden administration will be the first to propose that the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Gaza Strip government could be thrown into the peace talks, complete with an embassy in Washington staffed by Hamas-appointed diplomats with diplomatic immunity?
USA: Indirect contact with Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed with US President Joe Biden to once again try to bring about a ceasefire in Gaza and a deal on hostages, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said, according to Al Jazeera.
According to Sullivan, Biden will begin work today through diplomatic contacts with Egypt, Turkey, Qatar and other regional actors.
Sullivan went on to say that it has been in indirect contact with Hamas through mediators in recent weeks. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
FBI: Several bomb threats against nominees for Donald Trump's administration. Several people in Donald Trump's incoming administration were targeted on Tuesday and Wednesday, reports the news agency Reuters, referring to a statement by Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Among others, Elise Stefanik, whom Trump has nominated as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was affected. She and her family were on their way home to New York State from Washington when they were informed of a bomb threat against their home.
The threats come a few months after Donald Trump was subjected to two different assassination attempts.
In July, several shots were fired during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania and Trump was hit in the ear.
In September, Secret Service agents discovered a rifle barrel sticking out of a fence at Trump's golf club in Florida while the president-elect was on the golf course. "Donald Trump will have enormous power. It's Donald Trump 2.0 that we'll see. There are few limitations to what he can do,
says Fredrik Bergman Evans, lawyer and expert on American law. Watch the feature on SVT News.