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Event Recaps

May 22 – Spanish Why Israel?

On Friday, May 22nd, in celebration of Jerusalem Day and in continued celebration of Israel’s 72 anniversary, our National Hispanic Outreach Coordinator Rev. Peter De Jesus, and his wife, Rev. Mildred De Jesus, teamed up to conduct Part 2 of our Spanish Why Israel virtual series. This virtual event was broadcasted on our CUFI Spanish Facebook page...

Event Recaps

May 14 – Spanish Why Israel?

On May 14th, Peter and Mildred De Jesus conducted a "Spanish-Why Israel?" via Zoom on Facebook.  There were 1.5K views from the United States and Latin America.  Reaching cities from the West Coast, such as San Francisco, to the East Coast in Rochester, New York, Peter and Mildred shared the importance of why we should support Israel. In Latin...

Iran

Iranian Terror Attack Against Israeli Embassy In African State Foiled: Report

02/01/2021
Tehran continues to seek retribution for killing of Maj. Gen. Soleimani, intelligence sources say

An Iranian terror attack targeting an Israeli embassy in one of Africa’s eastern countries was thwarted in January, Israel’s public broadcaster Kan reported on Monday.
Citing western intelligence sources who are knowledgeable on the...

Event Recaps

May 14 – Never Again Webinar

CUFI’s Sandy Parker Hagee, a major force behind CUFI’s documentary "Never Again", moderated a special discussion with Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth, and former radicalized anti-Semite Kasim Hafeez. The interview covered their personal journeys, how they were brought to work together with CUFI, and their experiences making CUFI’s movie Never Again.

Event Recaps

May 6 – Never Again Webinar – CUFI on Campus

Over 300 students from two Christian schools attended a live CUFI Never Again webinar, a discussion with a Survivor. This webinar featured a live discussion with Irving Roth and Kasim Hafeez about the making of CUFI’s movie Never Again, and their life journeys.

The school principals served as panelists and moderated questions from their...

Event Recaps

April 30 – Why Israel?

2020 Diversity Asian Pastors Israel Mission Alumni Pastor Rolly Aquino, Pastor Lorenzo Mapa, Pastor Don Austria, Pastor Neil Malakas, and Pastor Fred Virtucio all combined for an online event. Were joined by other pastors church members from across the country. Shared the entire Why Israel presentation, and invited everyone to the Virtual Summit.

Event Recaps

April 27 – Why Israel?

2020 Diversity Asian Pastors Israel Mission Alumni Pastor Jon Mejica, Pastor Ray Anne, Pastor Arnell Aquino all combined for an online event. Were joined by other pastors church members from across the country. Shared the entire Why Israel presentation, and invited everyone to the Virtual Summit.

Iran

Iran Launches New Rocket, Showing Advances In Potential Missile Technology

02/01/2021

Iran tested a new rocket on Monday with improved technology that could be used in its missile program, its latest attempt to raise the stakes for the Biden administration ahead of potential negotiations over a new nuclear deal.

The new rocket, named Zuljanah, was developed under a government-backed program to send civilian...

Antisemitism

Israeli Company With Military-Grade Surveillance Aims To Defend Jewish Communities Abroad

02/01/2021

Injecting the civilian world with military-based video surveillance techniques is a vision that Col. (res.) Oded Halevy, CEO of the Gotrack HLS company, has spent recent years turning into a reality in Israel. Now, concerned by the threat of anti-Semitism, he is seeking to make the same preventative security services available for...

In The News

Israel Builds Houses For 39 Families That Lost Homes In Guatemala Volcano Blast

02/01/2021

Israel’s embassy in Guatemala on Sunday finished its Guatelinda housing project in the town of Escuintla for families that lost homes in the 2018 Fuego volcano eruption.

The blast killed more than 190 people in the Central American country.

Matty Cohen, Israel’s ambassador to Guatemala and Honduras, personally handed over the...

Iran

Israeli Defense Minister: Israel Will Take Military Action Against Nuclear Iran If Needed

02/01/2021

Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that Israel is still keeping open the possibility of taking action against Tehran’s nuclear project if necessary.

“Israel has a clear objective: that Iran not be nuclear. It is not just an Israeli interest. It is first and foremost a global and regional interest,” Gantz said in an interview with...

In The News

Israel And Kosovo Establish Diplomatic Ties; Decide To Open Embassy In Jerusalem

02/01/2021

Kosovan FM dubs occasion 'a golden page in the history of the people of Kosovo'

Israel and Kosovo officially cemented their agreement to normalize ties on Monday, with the European state to become the first Muslim-majority nation to establish an embassy in Jerusalem.

Due to the...

In The News

Netanyahu To Make Official Visit To UAE, Bahrain In Mid-February – Report

01/31/2021
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the Arab Gulf next month, making official trips to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain sometime in mid-February, Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported on Sunday.
According to the report, Netanyahu is expected to spend a day in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi meeting...

In The News

Israel Completes Tests Of Upgraded Iron Dome Air Defense System

02/01/2021
The new and upgraded version of the Iron Dome is expected to be delivered to the IAF for operational use

The Israel Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completed a successful series of flight tests of the Iron Dome air defense system on Monday.
The test was conducted at a base in central Israel...

Iran

Iran’s Regime Executes Champion Boxer After Torture, Third In 4 Months

01/31/2021

Iran continued its execution spree of elite athletes with the killing of champion boxer and prominent sports coach Ali Mutairi last Thursday.

The UN condemned the execution of Mutairi in Sheiban Prison, located in Khuzestan Province. Mutairi, 30, endured severe torture, which led to his false confession that he had killed two...

Israel Defense Force (IDF)

Palestinian Attempts To Stab IDF Soldier, Attack Thwarted

01/31/2021

A Palestinian man was shot dead while attempting to stab an Israeli soldier with a makeshift spear at the Gush Etzion Junction in the southern West Bank on Sunday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said.

No Israelis were injured in the incident, Gush Etzion regional council head Shlomo Ne’eman said.

In security camera footage...

In The News

Moroccan Delegation To Visit Israel, ‘Region-Changing Cooperation’

01/30/2021

A Moroccan delegation is expected to visit Israel by the end of February, and an Israeli one to visit the North-African kingdom – as long as COVID-19 infections rates in Israel do not rise.

The decision was reached during a Friday conversation between National Security Advisor Meir Ben-Shabbat and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser...

Terrorism

Terror Group Claims Responsibility For Attack On Israeli Embassy In India

01/30/2021

A terrorist organization called Jaish-ul-Hind, believed to be affiliated with Iran, has taken responsibility for the attack on Israel's embassy in New Delhi, according to Indian media.

An explosion occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday. 

Indian police said that the explosion...

Turkey

Turkey Seeks To Cement Iran Alliance

01/30/2021

In a sign of its increasing desire to work closely with Tehran against US interests in the Middle East, Turkey hosted Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in Ankara on Friday.

The meeting illustrated that Turkey’s recent push for Azerbaijan to fight Armenians in the Caucasus will likely end with Ankara, Moscow and Tehran...

In The News

Israel And Kosovo To Establish Diplomatic Ties In Formal Ceremony February 1

01/29/2021
'Recognition by Israel is one of the greatest achievements for Kosovo,' FM Haradinaj-Stublla says

Kosovo’s Foreign Minister Meliza Haradinaj-Stublla announced Friday an official ceremony to cement the country’s diplomatic relations with Israelwill be held on February 1, news agency Associated Press (AP) reported.
The ceremony...