Today on PTIB Jimmy DeYoung will get a Middle East News Up-date from Dave Dolan, a long-time journalist in the Middle East. Jimmy and Dave will reflect on this last year, 2016, the events of this last year, and prepare to look to the future for 2017; the celebration of Christmas and Hanukkah; Israeli-US relations, and how they are about to improve in 2017; Iran is still Israel's number one threat; the threat of Hamas and Fatah, the two factions of the Palestinian people; the discussion over the Jewish settlements; the Israeli-Palestinian talks; and the reality that Jerusalem is the City of Controversy.