ISSUES

At CUFI, we are focused on several key issues with the goal of defending Israel’s strength, security, and sovereignty.

If you want to keep up with all things Israel, sign up for CUFI’s Daily Briefing – our daily news roundup created exclusively for CUFI members. Every morning, Monday through Friday, receive an email with some of the top headlines in the news so you are always informed and ready to debunk lies with the truth.

In The News

IAF jets pound Hezbollah in Dahiyeh, kill cmdr. Ahmad Sabhi Hazima in Tyre

Israel Air Force jets carried out a series of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut's southern suburbs as well as in southern Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday. In one of the strikes the military reported on, a Hezbollah commander was killed.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

US seeking to leverage Lebanon ceasefire for Gaza deal

U.S. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Brett McGurk was scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss using a potential ceasefire in Lebanon as a stepping stone toward a similar agreement to halt hostilities in Gaza, the White House said on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Katz gets approval to build Jordan fence to block Iranian plots

Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Tuesday that he has won a years-long battle to get authority to build a new hi-tech border fence with Jordan to block smuggling, especially from Iran.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

IDF soldier seriously hurt in Hezbollah drone attack on Hermon

An Israeli soldier was critically wounded on Tuesday morning when a Hezbollah attack drone, launched from Lebanon, exploded in the Mount Hermon area of the Golan Heights without warning, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

IDF troops reach Litani River in Lebanon for first time in over two decades

IDF troops carried out operations in the area of the Litani River in Lebanon, the military said on Tuesday, marking the first time in over two decades that IDF soldiers have reached the area.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

House members call for classified briefing on Turkey’s ties to Hamas

More than three dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to offer a classified briefing on Turkey’s support for Hamas, raising concerns that the U.S.-designated terrorist group may relocate its headquarters to the NATO-allied country.
Read more: The Hill

In The News

Iran to hold nuclear talks with three European powers in Geneva on Friday

Iran will hold talks about its disputed nuclear programme with three European powers on Nov. 29 , the Iranian foreign ministry said on Sunday, days after the U.N. atomic watchdog passed a resolution against Tehran.

Read more: Reuters

In The News

Israel hits 12 Hezbollah command centers in Beirut

The Israeli Air Force struck a dozen Hezbollah command centers in the Iranian terror proxy’s stronghold in Dahieh south of Beirut on Sunday night.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Hamas rocket chief killed in Israeli strike in Jabalia

The head of rocket operations for Hamas’s Western Jabalia battalion was among several terrorists killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza city over the weekend, the Israeli military reported on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

UAE IDs 3 Uzbek suspects in murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan

The Emirati Ministry of Interior confirmed on Monday that the three suspects arrested for the murder of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan are Uzbek nationals.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Cyber Directorate warns of increased Iranian cyberattacks against Israel

Israel’s National Cyber Directorate issued a warning on Thursday reporting on a significant increase in the scale and sophistication of phishing attacks being executed by Iranian hackers. These attacks aim to recruit Israelis and infiltrate organizational systems in the country.

Read more: Ynet News

In The News

IDF eliminates five Hamas terrorists who participated in October 7 attack

“During the night between Wednesday and Thursday, with the intelligence direction of the ISA, the IAF struck terrorist infrastructure in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas terrorists, including a number of Nukhba terrorists who participated in the October 7 Massacre, were operating within,” the military said in a statement.

Read more:...

In The News

US ‘fundamentally rejects’ ICC arrest warrants, is working with Israel on next steps

The White House said Thursday that it “fundamentally rejects” the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Aiming to enable return of displaced Israelis, IDF pushes deeper into south Lebanon

After a night of rain, the army’s routes into southern Lebanon were coated in a very thick layer of mud. A soldier driving a Humvee with a group of journalists this week came prepared with a waterproof suit and goggles.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Resist the Global Intifada

As Israel defeats its enemies on the battlefields in Gaza and Lebanon, the intifada has gone global. The fronts of the war against the Jewish state encompass America's cities, the United Nations, the U.S. Senate, and the International Criminal Court. Marches, resolutions, embargoes, arrest warrants—these are the tactics by which Hamas sympathizers...

In The News

Israel puts sanctions on dozens of clients of Hezbollah-linked financial group

Israel placed sanctions on dozens of clients of a bank closely tied to the Hezbollah terror movement in Lebanon, Defense Minister Israel Katz’s office said Thursday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Hezbollah rocket kills one in Nahariya

An Israeli man was killed by a Hezbollah rocket on Thursday in the northern city of Nahariya.
He was identified as Brian Director, 27, from Maalot-Tarshiha. He is the fourth person killed in cross-border attacks on the Jewish state’s northernmost seaside city in less than a month.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

US vetoes UNSC resolution demanding Gaza ceasefire not conditional on hostage release

The United States on Wednesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that called for a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the unconditional release of all hostages, but did not make one contingent on the other.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Senate motions blocking arms sales to Israel fail, but pick up Democrat support

Roughly a third of Senate Democrats voted in favor of three failed bids to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel in measures that tested the strength of the party’s progressive wing, which has pushed for a harder line against the Jewish state over its prosecution of the war against Hamas in Gaza.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

ICC issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over alleged Gaza war crimes

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes committed during the ongoing Gaza war, the court said in a statement Thursday.

Read more: Ynet News