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03/05/2021
A man armed with a knife attempted to enter a kosher grocery store near a Jewish school in the city of Marseille Friday morning, before being overpowered by security personnel and arrested by police.
The man was first spotted by security guards at the Yavne Jewish high school in the city emerging from a vehicle with a knife. Media...
03/05/2021
Israel's UN envoy urges Security Council to condemn Iran's violations of UN Charter, hold it accountable
Israel "will take all necessary measures to protect its citizens and its sovereignty," the country's US ambassador and UN envoy Gilad Erdan warned in a letter on Tuesday.
In the letter, Erdan accused Iran's Islamic...
03/05/2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Vice President Kamala Harris in a late-night phone call on Thursday that he will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons.
During the call, Netanyahu and Harris agreed to advance cooperation of research and technological development in regard to the coronavirus pandemic between Israel and...
03/04/2021
The officials said Israel has received an official request from Egyptair to operate the flights
Egypt is interested in having its national airline run regular direct flights to and from Israel, unnamed officials confirmed to i24NEWS on Thursday.
The officials said Israel has received an official request from Egyptair to operate...
03/05/2021
sraeli defense minister shares map of Hezbollah installments: 'everything aimed at civilian targets'
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said the Israeli military is constantly updating plans to strike Iran, declaring that “they will never complete" in an interview Thursday with Fox News.
The only time they will be complete will be...
03/05/2021
French police arrested a man who tried carrying out a stabbing attack at a Jewish school in Marseille, France on Friday morning, French media reported.
The attacker was turned away by the Yavne School security, made up of parents who serve as security on a volunteer basis, the Jewish Agency noted. The institution was immediately...
03/05/2021
Colin Kahl, President Joe Biden’s nominee for under secretary of defense for policy, faced intense scrutiny from Senate Republicans at his confirmation hearing on Thursday, focusing in particular on his past comments about the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, former President Donald Trump’s actions against the Iranian regime and issues...
On Tuesday, December 8th, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” Hybrid Spanish event. This event was hosted by one of our CUFI Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni Pastor Siomara Osorio and her husband Pastor David Osorio of Iglesia de Dios Manantial de Vida in Prairieville, Louisiana. The hybrid event was attended...
CUFI US partnered with CUFI UK for our third monthly live virtual event. Randy Neal of CUFI US joined Des Starritt, Executive Director of CUFI UK for a live update on archeological discoveries at the City of David in Jerusalem. Director of International Affairs at the City of David, Ze’ev Orenstein, gave a riveting presentation that drew a stream...
On Sunday night, December 6th, Pastor Gabe Rubio of Oasis Church in Carlsbad, New Mexico hosted a church screening of “Never Again.” Approximately 50 of his congregants attended this screening and were profoundly impacted by this film to stand in solidarity with Israel and combat Anti-Semitism in all its forms. Having hosted three CUFI events in...
03/04/2021
Colin Kahl, the former Obama-Biden aide nominated for the Pentagon’s top policy job, faced sharp questioning over his harsh criticism of Republicans on social media during his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
Republican senators on the Armed Services Committee also pressed Kahl, at Stanford University after serving...
03/04/2021
The IDF has completed the construction of the underground concrete wall between Israel and the Gaza Strip, as part of the effort to prevent terrorists from crossing into Israel via cross-border offensive tunnels.
The concrete wall is just one component in the 60 km.-long barrier, which also includes a fence above the ground,...
03/03/2021
CUFI Coffee Break
Theodor Herzl is widely considered the father of modern Zionism. Convinced that anti-Semitism was always going to threaten Jews and keep them from being fully-protected citizens, Herzl wrote on the need for a Jewish state. He envisioned a homeland that was multilingual and multinational–where Jews could live their...
03/04/2021
One of the nation's largest pro-Israel lobbying groups is opposing the Biden administration's nomination of Colin Kahl for a top Pentagon post, calling the former Obama administration official "plainly anti-Israel" and a "serial Iran appeaser."
Christians United for Israel, a grassroots advocacy group run by John Hagee with a...
03/03/2021
Tensions between the United States and Iran simmered on Wednesday after a new rocket attack against Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base that hosts US forces, whichUS officials told Reuters fit the profile of a strike by Iran–backed militia.
There were no reports of injuries among US service personnel but an American civilian contractor...
03/03/2021
The U.S. State Department said it “firmly opposes” the announcement by the International Criminal Court of the opening of its investigation into Israel and the Palestinians over war-crimes allegations.
“We will continue to uphold our strong commitment to Israel and its security, including by opposing actions that seek to target...
03/03/2021
Pro-Israel and Jewish groups weighed in on the controversial decision announced on Wednesday by the International Criminal Court that it would open its investigation into alleged war crimes conducted by Israel and the Palestinians since 2014.
AIPAC said that the ICC investigation into Israel represents “significant overreaches of...
02/24/2021
Defense Minister Benny Gantz threatens military action against Iran in order to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining an atomic bomb, though he says that he also supports a comprehensive deal to end the country’s nuclear program and halt its military entrenchment in the region.
Gantz’s comments come as US President Joe Biden...
03/03/2021
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani boasted on Wednesday that Iran’s “economy and centrifuges are spinning faster.” The statement comes amid growing tensions between the US and Iran. The IAEA has warned that Iran many have undisclosed nuclear material and there are increasing demands for inspections and warnings about advanced...
03/02/2021
Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee are meeting privately on Tuesday morning to discuss their growing policy concerns about Colin Kahl, President Joe Biden's nominee for undersecretary of defense for policy at the Pentagon, according to sources close to the committee.
Kahl, a former Obama State Department official,...
