With the holiday season here, I'm sending you warmest wishes of peace and goodwill. Wishing you the happiest Hanukkah, merry Christmas, and a healthy New Year!
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Good News
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806 Days, One hostage remains. Sergeant Rani Gvili, whose body was abducted into Gaza. Meanwhile, evidence has emerged that a Hamas affiliated doctor executed Noa Marciano, a 19-year-old abducted on October 7, in Shifa Hospital.
AUSTRALIA
Antisemitism has been allowed to metastasize in both Australia and Canada. Their leaders should not be surprised, or allow it any longer https://nationalpost.com/opinion/vivian-bercovici-bondi-beach-globalizing-intifada and https://www.stateoftelaviv.com/p/bondi-beach
>There were only two police officers assigned to the Hanukkah event in Bondi.
>In July, Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, created a clear and comprehensive roadmap that should have been implemented immediately, but has been largely ignored by the govt. https://www.aseca.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-07/2025-aseca-plan.pdf
BELGIUM
Opening night of the Christmas market in Brussels, masked Islamists set off smoke bombs, attacked families, and waved Palestinian flags
CANADA
EGYPT
How the West’s $57 Billion Bailout Is Funding Egypt’s Next Disaster - Egypt’s regime uses this funding to strengthen its security state rather than address economic woes. https://www.meforum.org/mef-online/how-the-wests-57-billion-bailout-is-funding-egypts-next-disaster
FRANCE
France Reports Record High in Jihadi Terrorism Investigations https://www.meforum.org/fwi/fwi-news/france-reports-record-high-in-jihadi-terrorism-investigations
JORDAN
The Jordanian Armed Forces supported CENTCOM forces that struck more than 70 targets across central Syria using fighter jets, attack helicopters and artillery targeting known ISIS infrastructure and weapons sites.
KUWAIT
Kuwait plans to sign a $4 billion port contract with China Communications Construction Co
NETHERLANDS
Hours after the horrific attack in Australia, a Chanukah celebration in Amsterdam was violently disrupted by anti-Israel extremists. 22 were arrested
PALESTINIANS/PA/HAMAS
QATAR
SYRIA
Three Americans murdered in ISIS ambush, including two National Guard members. Why are National Guard troops (not only regular army) in Syria? In response, the US targeted “weapons storage sites and headquarters used by ISIS as launching points for its operations in the region.”
TURKEY
UK
UN
The UN: Asks for more funding for UNRWA, seeks immunity for UNRWA staff complicit in the October 7 massacre, and now, extends UNRWA’s mandate by three years.
USA