After a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements (the first of its kind allowed by the US), Benjamin Netanyahu is lashing out at those who supported the vote. As he pressures the international community, he is facing his own challenges at home. Meanwhile, Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer says he has evidence that Obama was behind the resolution. “We will present this evidence to the new administration through the appropriate channels. If they want to share it with the American people they are welcome to do it.”

+ After believing some fake news, Pakistan’s defense chief directed a nuclear threat towards Israel. From a prominent TV journalist in Pakistan: “Our nuclear program is too serious a business to be left to Twitter-addicted politicians.” Umm…