The phrase literally means to repair the world, but what does that mean in the modern context and how does it relate to Israel? The Talmud, a central text of Rabbinical Judaism, says “If you save one life, it is as if you have saved the world.” Tikkun Olam is a concept in Judaism to behave and act c
The alliance between Iran and Syria began to flourish in the years following the Islamic Revolution in Iran that overthrew the Shah in 1979. Syria was the first Arab state and the third in general to recognize the newly established Islamic Republic; it also had the distinction of being the only Arab
The Palestinian people are indeed oppressed but not by Israel. Rather, the Palestinians are subject to tragic living conditions, their basic human security often denied, and their children indoctrinated to terror by their own leadership: Hamas in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
The Middle East has long been called the “cradle of Christianity.” The apostles began to be Jesus’s witnesses in Jerusalem before moving out further and further in the ancient world with the message of salvation in Jesus Christ. Today, Christianity has all but disappeared from the Middle East as it
On October 27, 2018, a gunman opened fire in the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue, killing 11 worshippers and wounding two others, while shouting, “All Jews must die.” It was deadliest attack against Jews on US soil, ever. That day, the United States watched in horror, at a loss to pinpoint what pr
As tensions between Iran and the United States surge, there has been a dramatic increase in confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important waterways on Earth. The regime in Tehran has threatened closure of the Strait in retaliation to the United States withdrawing from the 2015 Ira
Hamas is the acronym of al-Harakat al-Muqawwama al-Islamiyya—the name of the Islamic Resistance Movement, a Palestinian Sunni-Islamist terror organization that is legally banned by the United States, Canada, the EU and Israel. The second wealthiest terrorist organization in the world and the de fact
Since 2005 the United States has provided over $2 billion in aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). These taxpayer dollars enable the LAF to procure American military weapons and training. Recent estimates from the LAF suggest that as much as 80% of its military hardware comes from the Unites State
For decades, the United States and Israel have maintained strong bilateral relations based on a number of factors, including robust domestic US support for Israel and its security, shared strategic goals in the Middle East, a mutual commitment to democratic values, and historical ties dating from US
While CUFI does not generally engage on issues outside the Middle East, there are times when issues relevant to Israel take place well outside that region. The alliance between two of the world’s most leading sponsors of terror and weapons proliferators, North Korea and Iran, is highly relevant to a
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