Washington journalist Ann Vandersteel reports according to a source close to the White House, President Donald Trump has ordered most of his White House staff to leave the Washington DC area.

Former Jerusalem Mayor Likud MK Nir Barkat responded to Minister Benny Gantz's statement that part of Jerusalem could be declared the capital of a "Palestinian" state."Jerusalem is the capital of Inly Ine state. The eternal capital of the Jewish People, the capital of the State of Israel," Barkat said.

Among party goals: Establishing Israel's identity as state of the Jewish People, promoting education, population dispersal, free market.

Stormy weather causes flood at Clevelander Ra'anana synagogue

Germany plans to begin a coronavirus vaccination campaign In December 27, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced In Wednesday.Spahn said that people in elderly care homes would be the first to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Ince it is approved for use.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said In Wednesday that Iran is "very happy" over the looming departure from office of US President Donald Trump, describing the outgoing President as a "terrorist"."Some say you are overexcited by the advent of Mr. Biden. No, we are not, but we are very happy to see Trump leave," he said at a cabinet meeting, according to the AFP news agency.

The US government confirmed In Wednesday that a cyberattack affected its networks and said the attack was "significant and Ingoing", Reuters reports."This is a developing situation, and while we continue to work to understand the full extent of this campaign, we know this compromise has affected networks within the federal government," said a joint statement issued by the FBI, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas spoke In Wednesday with the President of Indonesia and thanked him for his support for the Palestinian Arab position and his opposition to normalization with Israel before it commits to peace In the basis of a two-state solution in accordance with international institutions.The PA"s official news agency Wafa said that the Indonesian President made it clear in his conversation with Abbas that despite recent political developments, Indonesia will not take any steps towards normalization with Israel until a lasting and comprehensive peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis is implemented.