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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...
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...
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...
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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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...
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,...
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,...
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.”...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
02/22/2021
The attack is the third in a week to target Western diplomatic, military or commercial installations in Iraq
A volley of rockets on Monday targeted the high-security zone in the Iraqi capital that is home to the US embassy, the military and security sources said as cited by AFP.
The attack is the third in a week to target Western...
02/23/2021
The announcement came on the same day that Damascus was said to likely be guilty of genocide
Syria, which has fought a long and bloody civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions, was recently elected to a United Nations senior post on a "decolonization" committee, charged with upholding human rights...
02/22/2021
Tehran says footage from nuclear facilities will be withheld from IAEA, handed over later if sanctions lifted
Iran began its official ban on snap International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections of its nuclear facilities according to state TV Tuesday, as it escalates the pressure on European countries and US President Joe...
02/22/2021
The IDF thwarted naval activity that posed a potential threat to vessels of the Israeli Navy on Monday morning, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced later in the day. The incident reportedly occurred near the coast of the Gaza Strip.
"The IDF will continue to act against dangerous threats in the naval space," said the unit.
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02/22/2021
A week after a ministerial committee approved the Israeli Air Force's (IAF) major procurement deal, the Defense Ministry said on Monday that it signed a letter of acceptance to buy two tankers.
The Boeing KC-46a aerial refueling tankers are intended to replace Israel’s aging Re’em fleet, converted Boeing 707s.
The Defense...
02/22/2021
A mid-15th century Iberian megillah of Esther - also referred to as the Esther scrolls - has been gifted to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem.
The Iberian Esther scroll is one of the oldest surviving renditions of the biblical tale of Esther taking up her noble destiny to save the Jewish people from the evil Haman.
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02/22/2021
The Palestinian Authority paid over NIS 512 million ($157 m.) in 2020 in salaries to terrorists, prisoners and those released from prison, according to a Palestinian Media Watch report released on Monday.
The amount makes up 3.25% of the PA’s budget for last year, and is about NIS 5 m. ($1.5 m.) less than last year.
The total...
