President-elect Donald Trump has revealed that businessman Charles Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, will be appointed as the US Ambassador to France. Trump expressed confidence in Kushner’s ability to “strongly serve US interests abroad.”
Born in 1954 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Charles Kushner comes from Jewish parents who immigrated from Poland after the Holocaust. He pursued a law degree at Hofstra University before joining his father’s real estate firm in the 1980s. In 1985, Kushner founded his own company, which quickly grew to become a major force in the real estate sector, with several high-profile developments.

Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Naim Qassem, declared on Friday that his group had achieved “victory” over Israel in the latest conflict. During a televised speech, Qassem, who took over from Hassan Nasrallah after Nasrallah’s elimination by Israel during Operation Northern Arrows, asserted that Hezbollah’s “divine victory” in this conflict had surpassed the group’s previous triumph claimed after the 2006 Second Lebanon War.

Israeli Air Force jets today attacked terrorist infrastructure along the Syria-Lebanon border that Hezbollah was “actively using” to smuggle arms.
“The strike was conducted after identifying the transfer of weapons to Hezbollah from Syria to Lebanon, even after the ceasefire agreement, constituting a threat to the State of Israel and a violation of the terms of the truce,” the IDF said.
The military accused the Iranian proxy, with the backing of the Assad regime, of smuggling weapons through civilian crossing points.
“The IDF will continue to act to eliminate all threats to the State of Israel that contravene the terms of the ceasefire agreement,” the army said.

IDF Staff Sergeant Zamir Burke tragically lost his life in combat in northern Gaza, the IDF said earlier this evening. The 20-year-old from Beit Shemesh had been serving as a squad commander in the 601st Battalion of the 401st Brigade.
In the same incident where Staff Sergeant Zamir Burke fell, another soldier from the 601st Battalion, 401st Brigade, sustained serious injuries.
Additionally, a separate event saw a soldier from the 46th Battalion of the Armored Corps, 7th Brigade, gravely wounded during fighting in southern Gaza.
Moreover, a soldier from the 82nd Battalion of the 401st Brigade was also seriously injured while involved in operational activities in northern Israel. The injured soldiers have been transported to a medical facility for treatment.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed a willingness to cede land to Russia in exchange for NATO protection if it would bring an end to the ongoing conflict.
“If we want to stop the hot stage of the war, we should take under [the] NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control,” Zelensky stated in an interview with Sky News today, speaking through a translator.
“That’s what we need to do fast, and then Ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically.”
This statement marks a significant shift from Zelensky’s earlier position, where he had committed to fighting on until Ukraine regained control of its internationally recognized borders, which included the disputed Crimea region.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the nation’s largest, will not rehire Mark Lillienfeld, a 43-year-veteran of the department, as a contractor after the latter performed Nazi salutes and made racist comments during a training lecture for law enforcement officers.

Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, a senior member of the Emirati Federal National Council and chairman of its committee on defense, interior and foreign affairs, visited the shive in Israel for Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabd rabbi who was murdered in the United Arab Emirates.
The American Jewish Committee thanked Al Nuaimi for attending the shiva.
“The United Arab Emirates will never allow extremists to divide us,” the Emirati official said, per the AJC. “Today, more than ever, our country is committed to openness and peace.”
JNS sought comment from the Emirati embassies in Tel Aviv and Washington and from the Israeli embassy in the United Arab Emirates.

The Memphis Police Department arrested a 17-year-old male, whom it identified as “juvenile male,” and charged him with killing an Israeli man last week.
“His name was not released due to his age,” the department told JNS.
Aviv Broek, 21, was shot to death and found by officers shortly after 1:15 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 22 on the 2300 block of Hernando Road in the city. The Tennessee department told JNS on Nov. 24 that “ there is no indication at this time of a hate crime,” but that it was “pursuing all leads.”

A suspected terrorist shooting attack on Highway 5 in Shomron on Friday afternoon has left at least nine people injured, according to reports. The attacker allegedly fired at a bus, injuring several passengers. Authorities have confirmed that the gunman has been neutralized.
Initial reports indicate that three of the victims are in serious condition, while three others sustained minor injuries. Magen David Adom (MDA) reported that emergency responders treated three people at the site—two of whom were injured by gunfire, and one who was struck by flying glass.

The Yerushalayim Municipality on Thursday canceled five exclusive parking spaces previously allocated to the Turkish consulate on E-Zahra Street, north of the Old City.
The decision, made seven years after the initial allocation, came amid heightened diplomatic tensions between the countries.
The parking privileges, approved in 2017 during Nir Barkat’s mayoral tenure, recently drew criticism due to the scarcity of parking in eastern Jerusalem.
Deputy Mayor Aryeh King welcomed the move, saying, “Hostile states, like Turkey previously received compromising treatment from the Jerusalem Municipality. This week we succeeded in correcting the distortion and canceling the benefits given to the Turks at the expense of the city’s residents.”