In The News

The truth is a powerful weapon, but it is hard to find in a world where we are inundated with agenda-driven reporting. The CUFI Daily Briefing will help you understand current events so you can become a confident defender of Israel.

In The News

Jews ‘own everything,’ assert popular US sports podcast hosts

The co-hosts of a popular US sports podcast declared on a recent episode that Jews “own everything” and are “the most powerful community in the world.”

House passes $900 billion defense bill with ‘critical pro-Israel provisions’

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 312-112 on Wednesday night to pass the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, with 18 Republicans and 94 Democrats voting against it.

In Washington, Rubio and Sa’ar discuss Trump’s plan for Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on Wednesday with Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar to discuss implementing President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza and broader Middle East security issues.

Wikipedia accused of anti-Israel bias for locking page title referring to Israeli ‘massacre’

Wikipedia drew criticism from Jewish leaders after the site’s editors opted to freeze discussion about the title of a page that refers to Israel committing a “massacre” in June 2024.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

IRGC reveals new Hadid 110 stealth suicide drone, fastest in Iran’s history

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled a new jet-powered, stealth-oriented suicide drone, designed to evade modern air defenses with high speed and low radar visibility. Named the Hadid-110, it emphasizes speed, stealth, and rapid deployment.

In first, Amnesty accuses Hamas of crimes against humanity on Oct. 7 and during Gaza war

Amnesty International on Thursday accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups of crimes against humanity, including extermination, during and after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that sparked the Gaza war.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Light of faith, courage will always guide us, House speaker says at Capitol menorah lighting

Chanukah came a few days early to the U.S. Capitol, as leaders of the House and Senate joined Rabbi Levi Shemtov, executive vice president of American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad), in lighting the menorah.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

House passes $900 billion defense bill with ‘critical pro-Israel provisions’

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 312-112 on Wednesday night to pass the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, with 18 Republicans and 94 Democrats voting against it.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

US official to ‘Post’: International Stabilization Force to be deployed at beginning of 2026

The International Stabilization Force (ISF) will be deployed in the Gaza Strip at the beginning of 2026, a US official told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday night.

Israel said to believe ‘someone in Islamic Jihad knows’ where Ran Gvili’s body is

Israel has rejected a claim by Palestinian Islamic Jihad that it has returned all the hostages it was holding, with an official reportedly saying the terror group knows the location of the remains of Ran Gvili, the last deceased captive held in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Holocaust denier Fuentes being amplified by foreign sources, report suggests

The Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes has grown increasingly prominent on social media not because of “a broad or sudden shift in American political sentiment” but due to “online amplification that was unusually fast, unusually concentrated and unusually foreign in origin.”

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

US press group memorializes Al Jazeera Hamas-linked reporters

The Association and Club of Foreign Press Correspondents USA honored several individuals later identified as Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror operatives at its Dec. 4 gala in Washington, according to media watchdog HonestReporting.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Sa’ar meets lawmakers on Capitol Hill, stresses Middle East peace, fight against radical Islam

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) discussed their “mutual commitment” to countering radical Islam and advancing Middle East peace during a meeting in Washington on Tuesday, according to a readout from Jerusalem.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

CAIR political arm operating illegally in 22 states, linked to Turkish gov’t, report finds

The political arm of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has been acting without legal authority, licenses, or registrations in 22 US states. This was revealed in a new joint report by Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) and Intelligence Advocacy Network (IAN), first published in the Washington Free Beacon.

‘Because they have money’: Algerian nanny on trial for poisoning Jewish family in Paris

In a case seen as unprecedented in France, a nanny from Algeria is being tried for poisoning the Jewish family she worked for in a suburb of Paris, according to French media.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

‘One of ours’: Officials bid farewell to Sudthisak Rinthalak as his body flown home

As his body was finally flown home to his family in Thailand on Tuesday, more than two years after he was killed, officials paid tribute to slain hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak during a ceremony at Ben Gurion Airport.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

IDF finds rockets, bombs in Samaria tied to roadside attacks

A counter-terrorism operation in the Samaria city of Tulkarem led Israel Defense Forces soldiers to weapons, including rockets and explosives, linked to multiple roadside bombings, the military said on Tuesday.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

IDF slays Hamas terrorist in Gaza; former hostage’s weapon found

The Israel Defense Forces on Monday eliminated a Hamas terrorist who planned to carry out an imminent attack against troops in the central Gaza Strip, the military announced.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate