CUFI In The News

Successes in Washington, CUFI’s statements on breaking Israel-related news, and bold leadership in initiatives aimed at making Israel more secure and her people safer, have led established outlets to take notice of CUFI’s efforts and cover what we say and what we do.

With hundreds of mentions in the media, and the vast majority being positive or neutral, CUFI has solidified our place in the pro-Israel community’s tapestry and in the foreign policy arena.

These are selected articles and opinion pieces authored by or featuring CUFI.

2 Hezbollah members killed as region braces for IDF response to deadly Golan attack

Two Hezbollah operatives were killed in an Israel Defense Forces drone strike in southern Lebanon on Monday morning, as the region braced for a fierce Israeli response to a rocket attack by the terror group over the weekend that killed 12 children.

Lebanese rescue services said two people were killed and three were wounded, including a child,...

Funeral held for 12th child killed in Hezbollah rocket strike on Golan soccer field

The 12th child killed in a Hezbollah rocket strike on a soccer field in Majdal Shams was laid to rest Monday in the Druze town, a day after the other victims’ funerals.
Hundreds of mourners attended the ceremony for 11-year-old Gevara Ebraheem. A relative said that the tragedy had “shaken our hearts.”
According to the Haaretz daily, the child...

Israel’s Security Cabinet authorizes response to Hezbollah attack

Israel’s Security Cabinet on Sunday night authorized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to retaliate against Hezbollah for Saturday’s deadly strike on Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights.
During a four-hour meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, lawmakers gave Netanyahu and Gallant the green light...

Erdogan threatens Israel: ‘Like we entered Karabakh and Libya – we will do the same to Israel’

Jerusalem and Ankara traded sharp barbs on Sunday, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeming to threaten military action against Israel on Sundays as tensions heated up between the Jewish state and the Iranian proxy group Hezbollah.

Israel in turn warned that his fate could become akin to that of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein,...

Three Palestinians with terror ties detained at US border

U.S. border agents have arrested three Palestinian Arab illegals at the southern border on suspicion of terror ties.
One of the men had “salacious photos” on his phone, including one picture of a masked man holding a rifle, federal law enforcement sources said, according to The New York Post.
Federal authorities also caught one illegal immigrant...

Hamas said to reject proposal for hostage-ceasefire deal before receiving it

The Hamas terror group preemptively rejected the terms of an Israeli proposal for a hostage-ceasefire deal on Thursday night, according to Reuters, in what a senior Israeli official called “bizarre” messages, given that “nobody has read yet.”

A senior Israeli official said Hamas had not yet seen the latest proposal, which was expected to go...

NJ man sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2022 spree of violent antisemitic attacks

A New Jersey man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for a spate of attacks on Orthodox Jewish men in Lakewood, New Jersey in April 2022.

Dion Marsh, 29, pleaded guilty before US District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi in February to five counts of hate crimes and one count of carjacking. He admitted to...

French police said probing threat against Herzog ahead of Olympics opening ceremony

French police are investigating a person who threatened on social media to attack President Isaac Herzog at the Paris Olympics, French newspaper L’Équipe reported Friday.

According to the report, authorities were alerted to the threat via the French government’s Pharos website, on which users can report illegal online content.

The threat was...

Netanyahu delegation discouraged after meeting with VP Harris

Members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s delegation to Washington were disappointed after their meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a senior Israeli diplomatic source, expressing concern that the likely Democratic presidential nominee wants to create more daylight between the U.S. and Israel.

Netanyahu and...

Israel is spying on Hezbollah commanders — and killing them one by one

The first assassination took two tries. An Israeli drone fired a missile that hit a Renault van in southern Lebanon. When the target, a Hezbollah operative, climbed out and fled into a roadside thicket, a second missile finished the job. —

That same morning, 60 miles to the northeast, another drone struck a Dodge pickup carrying a commander in...

IDF volunteer soldier killed in south Gaza fighting; 100 gunmen killed in Khan Younis

An Israeli soldier was killed during fighting against the Hamas terror group in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Thursday, the military announced Friday, as troops pressed on with operations across the Strip.

The slain soldier was named by the Israel Defense Forces as Cpl. (res.) Moti Rave, 37, from the community of Shani, also known as Livne, which...

NJ man sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2022 spree of violent antisemitic attacks

Lakewood is a fast-growing city in central New Jersey with a large haredi Orthodox population, and is home to Beth Medrash Govoha, the largest yeshiva outside of Israel.
A New Jersey man was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison and five years of supervised release for a spate of attacks on Orthodox Jewish men in Lakewood, New Jersey in April...

Netanyahu delegation discouraged after meeting with VP Harris

Members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s delegation to Washington were disappointed after their meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a senior Israeli diplomatic source, expressing concern that the likely Democratic presidential nominee wants to create more daylight between the U.S. and Israel.

Read more: Jewish...

Katz claims Iran, ‘radical Islam’ behind attack on French railways, but France points to ‘criminal’ motive

Foreign Minister Israel Katz claims that the malicious acts of sabotage committed across France’s high-speed railway this morning were carried out “under the influence of Iran’s axis of evil and radical Islam.”

Read more: The Times of Israel

Israel is spying on Hezbollah commanders — and killing them one by one

The first assassination took two tries. An Israeli drone fired a missile that hit a Renault van in southern Lebanon. When the target, a Hezbollah operative, climbed out and fled into a roadside thicket, a second missile finished the job.

Read more: Yahoo News

IDF volunteer soldier killed in south Gaza fighting; 100 gunmen killed in Khan Younis

An Israeli soldier was killed during fighting against the Hamas terror group in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Thursday, the military announced Friday, as troops pressed on with operations across the Strip.

Read more: The Times of Israel

Terrorist who stabbed Border Police officer in neck gets 20 years in prison

The Jeruslaem District Court on Thursday sentenced a Palestinian terrorist to 20 years in prison for a May 2022 attack outside the Old City of Jerusalem during which he stabbed a Border Police officer in the neck.

Read More: The Times of Israel

Israel names Michal Cotler-Wunsh as antisemitism envoy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has appointed Michal Cotler-Wunsh, a human-rights lawyer and former lawmaker for the Blue and White Party, as the country’s antisemitism envoy.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate