‘Christmas Is Canceled’: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Riot in New York, Block O’Hare in Chicago

"Pro-Palestinian protesters spent the weekend rioting, disrupting holiday travel, and targeting

Christmas in general in an attempt to force Americans to listen to their concerns by causing them inconveniences, disturbing their holiday plans, and irritating them.
In New York City on Monday, several hundred demonstrators carried a bloodied Nativity scene to Rockefeller Center. Some carried Islamic symbols.Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters converged on Midtown Monday, lugging a blood-red mock Nativity scene and chanting “Christmas is canceled here.”
“Long live the intifada,” the crowd of about 500 demonstrators yelled, using the Arabic word for “rebellion” or “uprising,” as they mobbed the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree where revelers were enjoying the holiday.
On Christmas Eve, a pro-Palestinian caravan of cars disrupted Christmas caroling in Washington Square Park, the Post reported.
In Chicago on Christmas Eve, a group of pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators targeted the homes of local lawmakers before briefly shutting down Interstate 90 — the key artery connecting Chicago to O’Hare International Airport — in both directions.The disruptions even reached suburban Memphis, Tennessee, where a pro-Palestinian crowd disrupted Christmas shopping." Breitbart

UK Deploys Warship To Guyana In Show Of Support Against Venezuela

"While the recent panic over the risk of a Venezuela invasion of its neighbor Guyana may have come and gone, some (former) global superpowers are not taking any chances, and according to the FT, the UK will deploy a naval patrol ship off the coast of the tiny but rich Latin American nation in a show of support for the former British colony as it faces a territorial claim from its more powerful if insolvent communist neighbor." ZeroHedge

Fire Breaks Out On Russian Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker

"A fire broke out on Sunday evening on a Soviet-era nuclear-powered cargo icebreaker ship docked at a port in northwestern Russia.
Reuters said the Soviet-made Sevmorput vessel was docked in the northern Russian city of Murmansk when a 30 square meters (323 square feet) fire erupted in one of the cabins.
Atomflot is a unit of state nuclear corporation Rosatom that operates Russia's nuclear icebreaker fleet to ensure military and commercial vessels can sail through the Arctic Ocean." ZH

Ukraine downs two Russian fighter-bombers, hits 12 enemy manpower clusters

"Ukraine’s military reports 66 combat engagements along the frontline, noting another

success of its Air Force as two Russian warplanes were shot down.The following settlements were targeted in Russian airstrikes: Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and Kyslivka of Kharkiv region; Novoyehorivka and Serebryanske Forestry of Luhansk region; Yampolivka, Torske, New York, Ocheretyne, Tonenke, Avdiivka, Maksymilianivka, Marinka, Novomykhailivka, Vodiane, Zolota Nyva, and Staromaiorske of Donetsk region.
Nearly 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under Russian artillery fire.In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions, the Russians maintain their military presence in the areas close to the border, deploying subversive and reconnaissance group to prevent the Ukrainian command from transferring part of the forces to other frontline sectors.
On the Kupiansk axis, Ukrainian troops repelled 21 enemy assaults near Synkivka in Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk region, where the Russians unsuccessfully tried to break through the Ukrainian defenses.
The enemy ran no offensive (assault) missions in the Lyman area." Ukrin

Spain-- Not Sure About Joining Coalition in Red Sea Against Houthis

"Spain has backed away from a U.S.-led coalition meant to deter the Iranian-backed Houthis from attacks on global shipping near the Bab-el-Mandeb strait at the southern end of the Red Sea. Spain’s defense ministry said Tuesday the country “depends on the decisions of the European Union and NATO and, therefore, will not participate unilaterally.” Breitbart