[KARAH RUCKER]

PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE THE HOMES OF TWO TOP BIDEN OFFICIALS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN AND NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JAKE SULLIVAN HAD PROTESTERS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS BY SUNRISE – 

[CHRISTMAS DAY PROTESTERS] 

“Austin, Austin come outside, you cannot stay there and hide.”

[KARAH RUCKER]

AUSTIN AND SULLIVAN ARE TWO OF BIDEN’S TOP FOREIGN-AFFAIRS ADVISERS.

ACCORDING TO PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUPS ONLINE, THE PROTESTS WERE ORGANIZED IN AN EFFORT TO “CANCEL CHRISTMAS” AMID THE ONGOING ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.

SIMILAR PROTESTS WERE SEEN ACROSS NEW YORK CITY ON CHRISTMAS DAY, CALLS AGAIN FOR A CEASEFIRE, THE CROWDS INTENSIFYING AFTER DARK.

NYPD ARRESTING AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE AFTER A CLASH WITH OFFICERS NEAR GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL. ONE POLICE OFFICER WAS REPORTED INJURED AS PROTESTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SCUFFLED.

WHILE PROTESTERS IN THE U.S. CHANTED FOR CHRISTMAS TO BE CANCELED, IN THE HOLY PLACE OF BETHLEHEM, IT WAS.

INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE AND FESTIVITIES A NATIVITY SCENE WAS PRESENTED INSIDE RUBBLE AND BARBED WIRE, TO SYMBOLIZE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ONGOING WAR AND RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT LOSS FROM WITHIN THE GAZA STRIP.

A POTENTIAL DEAL FOR A SECOND TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE IS STALLING OUT.

HAMAS OFFICIALS SAYING THEY WON’T RELEASE THE HOSTAGES UNTIL ISRAEL CALLS OFF THE WAR, AND ISRAEL URGING TROOPS “NOT TO STOP” UNTIL HAMAS IS ELIMINATED.

CLOSE ADVISERS TO ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WILL MEET WITH WHITE HOUSE AND STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS ON WEDNESDAY, AS PRESSURE INTENSIFIES TO PREVENT CASUALTIES ALL WHILE ROOTING OUT HAMAS TERRORISTS.