JUST IN - U.S. and Russian officials are expected to meet in Miami this weekend to discuss Ukraine. Witkoff and Kushner are expected to represent the U.S. side — Politico https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8ae92c6ce677e8f635581646dff23920ec449299c4e085293ea18fd4fdc9728b.file

NEW - U.S. has notified EU countries it would like to use frozen Russian assets as part of a Ukrainian crisis settlement — WaPo

NOW - Ursula von der Leyen at Hanukkah ceremony: "The night around us has indeed grown dark. The old evil is once again rearing it's head. There can be no place for the poison of antisemitism, especially in Europe! ...Jewish culture, is European culture." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e9d122c613d6bb22b628e4db37d5a52b7d71003492735eccbc5125b6c8c2629a.file

JUST IN - Warner Bros Discovery's board rejects Paramount Skydance's $108.4 billion hostile bid — Reuters

NOW - Trump watches on from afar as a giant menorah is lit inside the White House. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/039070b7d1599627e1f7a1ac61c32c111a32a8438122a5c56be6db25be92f5e0.file

NOW - Trump: "This is the first time that I've ever brought up notes to make a speech... you know why?! I've done so much for Israel, that I have to read— look at that, I've got like pages!!!" https://hell.twtr.plus/media/aefbcb87459aa3b5ba66f5549e8b54fd75a755d22d2a87b4a3e31907dc0b63f9.file

NOW - Trump: "I will always be a friend and a champion to the Jewish people... the strongest lobby was the Jewish lobby. It was Israel. That's no longer true. You have to be very careful. You have a congress, in particular, which is becoming antisemitic."

NOW - Miriam Adelson says she spoke to Alan Dershowitz in Israel about the legality of Trump serving a third 4-year term: "We can do it!.. Think about it. I will give you another $250 million." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/399123335074c542aafd576f5b438103bb9d99bc1452ecc07027181bdc873e8e.file

NOW - Mark Levin calls Trump "the first Jewish President to serve two— not consecutive presidencies." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/225e12b966023abfb6e2230e7ac3d7f629461bd3f9380d655916ff869153a794.file

JUST IN - Trump orders a total blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into, and out of, Venezuela.