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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Pastor Brad Phillips hosted a CUFI Why Israel event at Harvest Church in East Oregon’s Baker City. The event drew about a hundred attendees including several other pastors from the tight knit rural town. The audience included the church’s Youth Group and teachers from the church’s k-12 school. A love offering was received for CUFI on Campus.
Accompanied CUFI On Campus Midwest Region Field Coordinator, Cherith Runyon, Dumisani lectured on Dr. King’s pro-Israel legacy, Palestinian Human Rights, and the Africa-Israel relationship. This event was held at East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma. In attendance were members of the Association of Black Students.
Rev. Cornelius Martor is a referral by CUFI’s African Outreach Coordinator, Dr. Francis Tabla. Rev. Martor has not traveled to Israel, nor had he hosted an CUFI event until the Why Israel event the night before. Many of the area pastors who had attended the Why Israel event were also at the Pastors Breakfast. We discussed the historic...
Pastor Ryan and Bishop William combined their churches for a Sunday night Why Israel event that ended with 7-college students turning in their information to be part of the CUFI on Campus program for our June DC Summit! The pastors also announced a plan to fill a 50-passenger bus to join them at the CUFI DC Summit on June 28-30, 2020.
Rev. Cornelius Martor is a referral by CUFI’s African Outreach Coordinator, Dr. Francis Tabla. Rev. Martor has not traveled to Israel, nor had he hosted an CUFI event until this one. However, he and his staff were able to gather 13 area pastors to attend. There is great enthusiasm for Israel and CUFI among the African Christians in Des Moines....
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Lesson 51
“Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually.” –Acts 10:1-2
The story of Cornelius is a wonderful testimony of a Gentile who...
01/27/2021
The Luxembourg government is set to sign a historic agreement on Wednesday to pay reparations to Holocaust survivors, return Jewish property to its rightful owners and preserve the history of the local Jews who were persecuted during the German occupation.
The agreement had been formulated over the last year during the expeditious...
01/28/2021
A team of researchers led by scientists at Tel Aviv University say they may have stumbled upon the “Achilles’ heel” of cancer cells, which could in the future lead to the development of an entirely new array of cancer drugs and treatments.
Dr. Uri Ben-David of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, who led the...
01/29/2021
Defense Minister Benny Gantz met with Commander of the United States Central Command, General Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr. on Friday in Tel Aviv.
This was the first meeting between the two since the announcement that US military overview of Israel would be moved to CENTCOM earlier this month.
Gantz told McKenzie that now, as part...
01/29/2021
An explosion occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, India, Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday.
"Initial impressions suggest a mischievous attempt to create a sensation," the statement said.
There were no casualties and no damage was caused to the embassy building, the ministry said. The explosion damaged the...
In preparation for the June CUFI DC Summit, Pastor Andy Stephens invited CUFI to once again bring a message on the importance of standing with Israel – with ACTION! It was a packed out house, with an amazing team that and had their DC Summit Sign-Up Table hosted by City Directors and Congressional Liaisons, Bruce and Beverly Cottle. It was...
01/28/2021
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock,” lawyers said.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl, was released by...
01/26/2021
An Iranian-American facing spying charges in Iran has been arrested as he tried to leave the country, judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said on Tuesday.
The dual national is among a handful of Iranian-Americans reported to be held by Iran, which has been accused by rights activists of arresting dual nationals to try to win...
