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

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US Senate approves $1b. for Iron Dome in $1.5 trillion omnibus bill

The US Senate approved late on Thursday an omnibus bill that would fund the federal government until September. The 1.5 trillion package comprises all 12 fiscal year 2022 appropriations bills and supplemental $14 billion to support Ukraine. The bill will now head to President Joe Biden’s desk for signing.

Jewish groups and Israeli officials...

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Christians United for Israel raises $2.5M to bring Ukrainian Jews to safety

The pro-Israel groups Christians United for Israel has raised over $2.5 million to help Ukrainian Jews fleeing the war in their country reach Israel safely, CUFI reported in a Facebook post.

On Wednesday, members of the CUFI leadership, including founder and chairman Pastor John Hagee, met a group of 150 Ukrainian refugees who landed at...

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Iran says it will retaliate for Israel’s killing of two IRGC members in Syria

Iran declared that it would avenge the killing of two Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) members as the result of an Israeli airstrike in Syria.

Holding Israel accountable for such attacks “is one of the main goals of the resistance in the region,” said Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh on Wednesday,...

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Palestinian terrorist groups criticize Herzog’s Turkey visit

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Wednesday criticized Ankara over Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s historic visit to Turkey, calling it cause for “concern.”

Herzog on Wednesday became the first Israeli leader to pay an official visit to Turkey in 14 years.

Careful not to name Turkey or Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in its...

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Following IDF effort, Gazan exports of textiles grows by 55%

Following a sustained effort by a unit in the Israel Defense Forces that deals with civilian affairs, the Gaza Strip saw a 55 percent rise in textile exports in recent months.

The figure, reported by the Unit for Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories, which is commanded by Maj. Gen. Rassan Alian, came after COGAT “undertook a...

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US House approves $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome after months-long delay

After months of delay due to internal political disputes, the US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system at a sum of $1 billion.

The money will fund interceptor missiles for the system, many of which were used to defend the country during last year’s conflict with Hamas in the Gaza...

Event Recaps

January 11 – Pastors’ Meeting – Jackson’s Gap, AL

We held the first of two Pastor’s Meetings on January 11th for the Tallapoosa Baptist Association. This morning session had 13 in attendance, including our Congressional Liaison for the District, Jim Ferguson. The Why Israel message was very well received, even bringing to tears one of the local pastors. He raised his hand in the middle of the...

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January 9 – Why Israel – San Diego, CA

Pastor Pete Elefante of Agape International Ministries Home Church Network hosted a special CUFI presentation on Israeli innovation and humanitarian aid. Five international churches that minister to Filipino laborers in the Philippines, South Korea, Dubai, and Israel drew over eighty attendees via zoom, and a dozen in person at the parent church...

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January 9- Why Israel – El Cajon, CA

Pastor David Hazel hosted the first CUFI event at New Life Church of the Nazarene in El Cajon, California. CUFI’s ‘Why Israel’ Sunday service message was presented to about thirty in person attendees and over fifty viewing online. Several present signed the Israel pledge card to join CUFI, others gave financial gifts, and a number of college...

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Israel will allow 25,000 non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees to stay in country — minister

Israel will allow 25,000 Ukrainians who are not eligible for immigration to stay in the country as refugees amid Russia’s invasion of their nation, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced Tuesday.

The minister said 20,000 of those had been in Israel before the outbreak of hostilities, and an additional 5,000 would be accepted from the time...

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Head of Cypriot military makes first visit to Israel

The head of Cyprus’s military touched down in Israel on Monday, kicking off his first official visit to the country, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Tuesday.

Lt. Gen. Demokritos Zervakis was received by an IDF honor guard, after which he participated in a “strategic-operational” meeting focusing on “shared security challenges in the...

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IDF adapts its capabilities to deal with ‘pandemic of Iranian UAVs’

The Israel Defense Forces is dealing with a growing “epidemic” of Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles, senior Israeli military officials cautioned on Monday.

The message came a day after the IDF revealed that in March 2021, Israeli Air Force F-35i fighter jets conducted their first interception of other aircraft, shooting down two...

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Israeli president arrives in Turkey for historic visit

Israeli President Isaac Herzog touched down in Turkey on Wednesday, kicking off the first official visit to the country by an Israeli leader since 2008.

“Israel-Turkey relations are important for Israel, important for Turkey and important for the whole region,” Herzog said in a statement released by his office. “Certainly at a time when the...

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Antisemitic hate crimes in New York up 400% in February – NYPD

Antisemitic hate crimes were up 400% last month, according to new data released by the New York Police Department.

According to the NYPD, there were 56 hate crimes against Jews in February 2022, compared with 11 in February 2021.

Many of these incidents targeted Orthodox people dressed in distinctive clothing, like the Jewish man who was...

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‘We Have One Goal: to Stop the War’ in Ukraine, Lapid Tells Blinken

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomed Israeli diplomatic efforts to bring an end to “Russian aggression” in Ukraine, during a meeting Monday with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid in Latvia’s capital Riga.

Israel is “totally committed to do everything possible to stop the war in Ukraine,” Lapid told Blinken, during a discussion on the...

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Iran drone threat against Israel is rapidly evolving – analysis

In the last year, Iran targeted a ship in the Gulf of Oman, got the Houthis to target the UAE, had an Iraqi militia target the Emirates and targeted the US base of Tanf in Syria and US forces in Iraq.
Israel downed two Iranian drones a year ago, the IDF revealed this week. They were reportedly unmanned aerial vehicles that were supposed to bring...

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Top Iran nuclear negotiator flies home; EU indicates deal awaiting Tehran’s okay

Iran’s top diplomat at months-long talks aimed at restoring its tattered nuclear deal with world powers flew home late Monday for a sudden trip, a sign of the growing pressure on Tehran as the negotiations appear to be nearing their end.

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency described Ali Bagheri Kani’s trip as being “within the framework of the...

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launches 2nd satellite, state media reports

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a second satellite into space, state media reported Monday, just as world powers awaited Tehran’s decision in negotiations over the country’s tattered nuclear deal.

State television identified the launch as taking place in its northeastern Shahroud Desert, without specifying when. However, it...

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Two police officers injured in stabbing attack near Temple Mount

Two Israel Police officers were moderately injured in a stabbing attack near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Monday evening, with Hamas taking responsibility for the attack.

According to police, the attacker exited the Temple Mount, pulled out a knife and assaulted the two police officers. The officers responded by shooting at the...

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100 Ukrainian Jewish orphans arrive in Israel

Around 100 Jewish Ukrainian orphans arrived to Israel on Sunday, where they were greeted at Ben Gurion Airport by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and cabinet ministers.
The children, ranging in age from 2 to 18 years of age, flew from Romania after a two-day bus ride from the Alumim Jewish orphanage, in the northern Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr....