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Argentina’s Defense Minister Luis Alfonso Petri is in Israel to strengthen the strategic-security partnership between the countries.
Petri met with his Israeli counterpart Israel Katz at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv over the weekend, along with top Israeli officials from the defense establishment.
The meetings revolved around key strategic issues, including “Iran’s destabilizing activities in the Middle East and Latin America,” Israel’s Defense Ministry spokesperson said in a statement.
“This visit is a testament to Argentina’s unwavering support for Israel in the current war, strengthening the deep and strategic partnership between the nations,” the spokesperson continued.

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) slams President Biden over his pardoning of his son Hunter, and for undermining the Department of Justice.

The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic Monday to arguments that the Food and Drug Administration acted properly when it rejected applications to market fruit- and dessert-flavored liquids for e-cigarettes that the agency says are particularly attractive to young people who risk getting hooked on nicotine.
The justices heard oral arguments in an FDA appeal of a lower-court decision, which found the agency had unfairly shifted its standards for approving the vaping products while deciding on applications from two companies.

The Government of Canada recently designated Ansarallah, commonly known as the Houthis, as a terrorist entity under its criminal code, Public Safety Canada announced on Dec. 2.
This designation makes it a criminal offense to financially interact with the Houthis, marking them as the 79th terrorist entity listed under the Canadian Criminal Code.
The “addition of Ansarallah as a listed terrorist entity contributes to our efforts in fighting terrorism globally and aligning Canada with our allies,” said Dominic LeBlanc, minister of public safety, democratic institutions and intergovernmental affairs.

An Israeli Navy ship on Monday night shot down a drone launched towards the country “from the east,” the Israel Defense Forces said, using a phrase that typically refers to an attack originating from Iraq.
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was intercepted in the “Red Sea area” before crossing into Israeli territory, according to the military, which noted that no air-raid sirens were activated, as per policy.

Moshe Ya’alon, a former military chief and defense minister in a prior government led by Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, on Monday clarified remarks in which he accused the IDF of “ethnic cleansing.”
“I did not direct my words at the IDF, but at politicians who proudly speak of ethnic cleansing of Gaza (at this point, only the northern part of the Strip) and settling it with Jews. This is defined by law as a ‘war crime,’” Ya’alon said in a Hebrew statement.
Ya’alon claimed he hurled his accusations against the government after requests from “commanders who are acting in accordance with morality and law and told me that it was explained to them they were evacuating all Palestinians from the northern Gaza Strip for operational reasons.

The US is poised to announce the latest arms package for Ukraine drawn from US inventories, this one totaling about $725 million and including the second shipment of antipersonnel mines that President Joe Biden has authorized, according to two officials.
The 71st Presidential Drawdown Authority package will be the largest since April, when the administration issued one valued at $1 billion. In addition to the battery-powered anti-personnel mines, which can be set to deactivate after a certain period of time, the newest package includes antitank, counter-drone and other munitions, according to the US officials, who asked not to be identified in advance of the announcement.

John Kirby, the White House national security communications advisor, defended U.S. President Joe Biden, who was photographed carrying an anti-Israel book as he exited a bookstore in Nantucket, Mass., over the weekend.
During a press gaggle aboard Air Force One, as Biden traveled to Luanda, Angola, on Monday, a reporter asked Kirby and Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, about the president’s decision to carry The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi as he left the bookstore.