Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof suggested that there could be ways for Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to travel to the Netherlands without facing arrest, despite an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC), as reported by Reuters. Schoof’s comments appeared to soften the position taken by Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, who had stated in parliament the week before that the Netherlands fully complies with the ICC’s mandates. Veldkamp had emphasized, “We act on arrest warrants for people who are on Dutch territory.”

Former federal prosecutor Francey Hakes breaks down the latest news in President-Elect Donald Trump’s Georgia election case.

United States Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers has arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, to lead the international team enforcing the Israeli-Hezbollah ceasefire truce. Jeffers was temporarily joined by Biden Administration adviser Amos Hochstein, who will serve until a civilian co-chair is appointed. Maj. Gen. Jasper Jeffers previously served as the head of special operations at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).
Later this week, the international enforcement mechanism overseeing the Lebanon cease-fire agreement is expected to ramp up operations. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to report any ceasefire violations to the enforcement mechanism, which according to the ceasefire agreement, will work with the Lebanese Army to enforce the terms of the ceasefire.

An in the office of NYC Mayor Eric Adams was filmed tearing down posters of hostages in New York City, and then assaulting an eyewitness filming, according to the New York Post.
The woman, Nallah Sutherland, works for the Mayor’s Office of Special Projects and Community Events.  A video of Sutherland tearing down hostage posters and assaulting an eyewitness filming was first posted by Stop Antisemitism, requesting help in identifying the woman.
Following her identification as an NYC government employee, Stop Antisemitism has called for Sutherland to be fired, with Founder Liora Raz saying “It’s an appalling act of antisemitism.”

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of the Otzma Yehudit party has instructed senior police officials to fine mosques in mixed Jewish-Arab cities over noise complaints from mosque loudspeakers.
Ben Gvir wrote: “I am proud to lead, together with my colleague Minister [Idit] Silman, a policy to stop unreasonable noise from mosques, which has become a nuisance for the residents of Israel. In most Western countries, and even in Arab countries, noise is regulated—only in Israel is there lawlessness. Prayer is a fundamental right but cannot come at the expense of the residents’ quality of life.”

President-Elect Donald Trump has been in talks with JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Diamon regarding economic issues including trade, Federal spending, and taxes.

President-elect Donald Trump demanded yesterday that the BRICS nations, a group of nine countries with emerging economies, commit to not creating a new currency or back any other currency to replace the U.S. dollar, threatening to impose punitive duties on their imports if they do not comply.

A proof-of-life video that Hamas released of the American-Israeli citizen Edan Alexander, 20, whom the terror group is holding hostage in Gaza, is “cruel psychological warfare,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Saturday night.
Netanyahu told Alexander’s family on Saturday evening that “he feels the suffering that Edan and the hostages and their families are enduring,” and the prime minister “promised that Israel is determined to take every action to bring them back home, together with all of the hostages held by the enemy,” his office stated.

Home builders have big plans for the next few years – and they’re crediting Donald Trump.
After years of tumult in the housing market, builders across the country are betting that looser regulations and what they hope will be an economic boom will make it easier to build and sell. They’re also hoping those tailwinds more than offset possible hazards of Trump’s agenda, including ramped-up tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China that could push up costs for materials, and aggressive immigration policies that could mean the deportations of construction workers.

Ribo’s performances on Chanukah’s 5th, 6th, and 8th nights will host Amir Dadon at New York City’s United Palace and Miami’s Fillmore—with New York’s second concert featuring separate seating for men and women.

Chart-topping Israeli singer Ishay Ribo will return to New York City for two Chanukah concerts on Chanukah’s 5th and 6th nights—December 29th and 30th—before a climactic tour finale in Miami’s the Fillmore on the 8th night, January 2nd.

Throughout the tour, Ribo will host Israeli rock star Amir Dadon, whose heartfelt collaborations with Ribo and others have crossed the divide between religious and secular and gained him an avid following across the Jewish world.