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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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In The News

One Decade Since Its Appearance, Iron Dome Has Intercepted Over 2,500 Enemy Rockets … And Counting

02/24/2021

Ten years have passed since the Iron Dome air-defense system, produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, made its first revolutionary interception of a Gazan rocket in Israeli skies in 2011. Since then the system has conducted more than 2,500 successful real-world interceptions, preventing large-scale carnage in Israeli cities.
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The Story Of Purim

02/24/2021
CUFI Coffee Break
The Story of Purim

The evil darkness of anti-Semitism existed long before the present evil regime in Tehran has sponsored terror against Israel or Palestinian radical groups have shot rockets into Israel. Even prior to the evil and murderous regime under Hitler, evil individuals and empires sought to destroy...

In The News

U.S. Professor Called For Destruction Of Israel

02/25/2021
Oberlin College is facing fresh criticism for continuing to give a platform to a so-called "professor of peace," Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, who as Iranian ambassador to the United Nations urged the elimination of the Jewish state.
A Fox News Digital investigation can reveal for the first time that Mahallati, a professor of Islamic...

United Nations (UN)

US Aims To Return To UN Rights Body, Shield Israel

02/25/2021

US President Joseph Biden’s new administration said on Wednesday it would continue its international re-engagement by seeking election to the UN Human Rights Council where it will press to eliminate a “disproportionate focus” on ally Israel.

Under former President Donald Trump’s more isolationist approach, Washington quit the...

In The News

Senator Cotton Leads GOP Warning To Biden Against Iran Sanctions Relief

02/24/2021

Senator Tom Cotton and more than 40 other Republican lawmakers introduced a resolution Wednesday opposing any move to lift sanctions on Iran, underscoring the resistance the Biden administration will face in trying to get back into the 2015 nuclear accord.

The resolution “rejects and opposes the reapplication of sanctions relief...

Iran

IDF Prepared To Stop Iran From Obtaining Nukes – Gantz

02/25/2021

The IDF is preparing in case it needs to take action against Iran, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said at a graduate ceremony for new IDF officers on Wednesday.

“The IDF is currently working to build up our forces and is preparing itself for any scenario, including one in which we would need to take action to prevent Iran from...

In The News

Israel Announces Plan To Donate COVID Vaccines To Several Countries

02/24/2021
The number of countries Israel is planning to send surplus COVID-19 vaccinations in exchange for diplomatic support has risen to 19, according to Hebrew media sources on Wednesday.
Nearly 100,000 doses in total are expected to be shipped outside of Israel, which were obtained earlier in the year by American biotechnology company...

In The News

Israel And US To Form Strategic Working Group On Iran: Report

02/24/2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will form a strategic working group with the US on a possible new nuclear deal between the Iran, according to an Axiosreport — the latest indication that Israel will attempt to engage the Biden Administration on the issue.

Israel will reconvene a working group that was...

Iran

Iran Is Declaring It Will Continue Developing Nuclear Weapons, Israeli FM Says

02/24/2021

Iran has made its intentions to continue building nuclear weapons clear, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi warned on Wednesday.

“The Iranian policy is a declaration of intent to continue developing hidden nuclear capabilities,” Ashkenazi warned.

Ashkenazi’s remarks came a day after the International Atomic Energy Agency issued a...

In The News

Biden, Iraqi PM Discuss Recent Rocket Attack On US Embassy In Phone Call

02/24/2021
'The President affirmed US support for Iraq’s sovereignty and independence,' White House says

US President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi spoke about this week's rocket strikes on the US embassy in Baghdad, the White House said Tuesday, with both leaders saying those responsible should be "held fully to...

Iran

Iranian Regime Shoots Fuel Traders Causing Revolt

02/24/2021

Protesters occupied government offices on Tuesday in the Iranian city of Saravan – the capital of Saravan County in the Sistan and Baluchestan province – over the killing of fuel traders on the border of Pakistan and the Islamic Republic.

The shooting at the Pakistan-Iran border resulted in at least ten dead and six injured.
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Iran

UN Finds Inconsistencies In Iran Claims Over Shot-Down Ukrainian Plane

02/24/2021

Inconsistencies in the Iran government's explanation of the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane last year raise questions over whether it was intentional, an independent UN investigator said on Tuesday, but she had found no concrete evidence that it was. 

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they shot down the Ukraine...

Event Recaps

August 31 – Why Israel?

On Monday, August 31st, our CUFI National Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted Part Two of our “Why Israel” virtual event on Zoom with a closed group of ministry leaders. It was hosted by our Rosemead, California Hispanic Outreach City Director, Rev. Elias Flores, Jr., for eleven of his ministry leaders in Rosemead,...

Event Recaps

August – CUFI Español

During the month of August, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, together with two of CUFI leaders in San Antonio, Texas, Pastor Daniel Gonzalez and Associate Pastor Daniel DeLeon of Cornerstone Iglesia, conducted four weekly Facebook and Radio programs with La Nuestra 1130AM radio station in San Antonio. These four 27-minute programs,...

In The News

Netanyahu: Iran Nuclear Agreement Is Worthless, Israel Will Not Rely On Efforts To Return To Deal

02/23/2021

Israel will not rely on efforts to return to a nuclear deal with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday.

“Israel isn’t pinning its hopes on an agreement with an extremist regime like ,” he said at a memorial service for the 1920 Battle of Tel Hai. “We already saw what these agreements are worth... with North Korea.”...

Event Recaps

August 24 – Why Israel?

On Monday, August 24th, our CUFI National Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” virtual event on Zoom with a closed group of ministry leaders. It was hosted by our Rosemead, California Hispanic Outreach City Director, Rev. Elias Flores, Jr., for twelve of his ministry leaders in Rosemead, California and other...

Event Recaps

August 20 – Never Again with Irving Roth

Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth engaged in an interview with CUFI Field Coordinator Randy Neal about his life’s journey; combating anti-Semitism, working with CUFI, and making CUFI’s documentary Never Again. The webinar was viewed by hundreds live or later by video and promoted the release of the movie in October.

Event Recaps

August 5 – Spanish Why Israel?

On Wednesday, August 5th, our CUFI National Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a Spanish “Why Israel” virtual event with our San Diego, California Hispanic Outreach City Director who went to Israel with CUFI in 2018. Within 24 hours of our virtual event, it received over 350 views. In addition to sharing our...

In The News

Shlomo Hillel, Who Helped 120,000 Jews Flee Iraq, Dies At 97

02/23/2021
Shlomo Hillel, a Baghdad-born Israeli operative who in the late 1940s and early ’50s used bribes, fake visas and a network of smugglers to move more than 120,000 Jews from Iraq to Israel, died on Feb. 8 at his home in Ra’anana, Israel. He was 97.
His death was confirmed by his son, Ari, who did not specify a cause.
Mr. Hillel was...

Iran

Khamenei Warns If Iran Seeks Nuclear Weapon, ‘No One Could Stop Tehran From Acquiring It’

02/22/2021
'Iran’s uranium enrichment level will not be limited to 20% ... We may increase it to 60%,' Khamenei said

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Monday that Tehran could boost uranium up to 60 percent if the country needed it, according to state TV, adding that Tehran would not yield to the US pressure regarding the...