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.

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

Israel seizes 16 tons of Gaza-bound rocket-making material

Customs inspectors at Ashdod Port impounded 16 tons of rocket-making material in July, it was cleared for publication on Thursday.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

Saudis say Palestinians must be part of Israel peace deal, says Blinken

Saudi Arabia has let the Biden administration know that resolving Palestinian issues is critical for any normalization deal with Israel, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

New report: Antisemitic crimes rose 28% in 21 US cities in 2022

Research from the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB) reveals an increase in the number of hate crimes against Jews (up 28%) and other minority groups in America’s most populous urban centers.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

Iran fighting for control as it meets Hamas, Hezbollah chiefs in Lebanon

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Lebanon Friday for key meetings with Hezbollah terror leader Hassan Nasrallah, and to meet other groups such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, according to local reports.

Read More: The Jerusalem Post

Congressman: ‘Insanity’ to have Iranian propagandist at US military seminar

Speakers at the 2023 U.S. Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium, which was held Aug. 16-17 in Omaha, Neb., included current and former military leaders, a member of Congress, a governor and a university president.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate