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Pastor Craig Riportella travelled on his first trip to Israel with CUFI and is now our Maine State Director and Congressional Liason. Along with his private school, Temple Academy, (in the 20% of largest private schools in Maine) he hosted the LIVE Webinar with Irving Roth and made it mandatory for all of the Junior and Senior class students from...
Over 150 participated in a faith fanning reveal of the most recent archeological discovery at the City of David. The unearthing of Phoenician column caps in King David’s palace fulfill the description in 2 Samuel 5, and as City of David Director of International Affairs Ze’ev Orenstein reminded us, in Israel matters of faith are matters of fact.
02/26/2021
Two teens were arrested after they were caught on camera Wednesday morning toppling memorials dedicated to children killed during the Holocaust.
The five, custom-made metal sculptures were housed on the grounds of the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art in Tulsa, Okla. Each statue is filled with 2,000 rocks and has the names of...
02/28/2021
Iran on Sunday rebuffed an offer from the European Union to hold informal direct talks with the EU and US on Tehran’s nuclear program. US President Joe Biden’s administration had accepted in principle.
“Considering the recent positions and actions of the United States and the three European countries, does not consider the time...
03/01/2021
"We welcome the continued cooperation between postal authorities around the world"
Israel and Bahrain have signed an agreement that will allow the Israel Postal Service to send and receive packages and letters from Bahrain beginning from Monday.
The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in telecommunications...
03/01/2021
The first Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Israel, Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khaja, arrived in Jerusalem on Monday, where he met with Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi.
Ashkenazi said it was “another historic day in the Middle East and a great step towards strengthening peace between our countries and nations.”
“We have a...
03/01/2021
Israel reportedly bombed Iranian targets near Damascus in Syria late Sunday night leading to speculation that the airstrikes were in response to what is believed to be an Iranian attack on an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last Thursday.
The Syrian army said on Sunday evening that an Israeli airstrike targeted parts of...
02/28/2021
Assault against Israeli-owned vessel 'crossed the red line,' senior officials say
Israel has no choice but to react in response to the recent attack against an Israeli-owned vessel, a senior security official told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan on Sunday, with Iran as the estimated guilty party.
The Israeli government deems the...
02/28/2021
Muhammad Mahmoud Al Khaja, the United Arab Emirates’ first ambassador to Israel, is expected to arrive here on Monday.
He will have to take a coronavirus test upon arrival and get a negative result before presenting his charter letter to the Foreign Ministry and his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin.
Al Khaja has been...
02/27/2021
Iran is the main suspect behind the attack overnight Thursday on an Israeli-owned cargo vessel that was damaged by a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Saturday.
“We will need to keep investigating, but we can say for sure that Iran is attempting to damage Israeli infrastructure and to...
02/26/2021
The site of the blast saw a series of explosions in 2019 that the US Navy blamed on Iran
An explosion struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing through the Gulf of Oman on Friday, an incident renewing concerns about ship security amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran.
Investigations are ongoing. Vessel and crew are...
02/25/2021
“Between 11th and 12th grade, after a tough fencing session, I saw a television report about all these elderly people and Holocaust survivors and their difficulties and loneliness. It really shocked me and I was really, really sad and depressed for a couple of days,” recounts Yakov Pizenberg. “I told myself that being sad won’t help...
02/25/2021
Jerusalem is currently in talks with the kingdoms of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on establishing a four-nation defense alliance, according to an exclusive i24 News report.
While Jerusalem does not have official diplomatic relations with Riyadh, foreign media report that the two countries have long-standing...
02/25/2021
The IDF has reorganized the way it responds to alerts and deploys troops along the border with Lebanon amid growing concern of a possible confrontation with Hezbollah, senior officers told The Jerusalem Post.
The IDF changes — led by the 91st Galilee Division – were done in recent months, in which the unit carried out significant...
02/25/2021
Amid reports of an American airstrike against Iranian targets in eastern Syria, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) Commander, Lt.-Gen. Gregory M. Guillot completed his first visit to Israel on Friday.
Guillot was hosted by his Israeli counterpart, Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force, Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin.
An IDF...
02/25/2021
Coming shortly after attack on US forces in Erbil, President Biden approves strike, sources say
The US military launched a strike on facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran-backed militia Thursday, in retaliation for recent rocket attacks on US troop locations in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
"At President Biden's direction, US...
Throughout the course of September, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, together with two of our CUFI leaders in San Antonio, Texas, Pastor Daniel Gonzalez and Associate Pastor Daniel DeLeon of Cornerstone Iglesia, conducted five weekly Facebook LIVE and Radio programs with La Nuestra 1130AM radio station based in SA, TX. These five...
On Wednesday, September 30th at 7:00 p.m. CST, our CUFI Field Coordinator, Rev. Peter De Jesus, conducted a “Why Israel” Spanish virtual event. This event was hosted by one of our CUFI Latino Pastors Israel Tour Alumni, Pastor Enrique Cabrera of One City Español church in Beaumont, Texas. The event was viewed on the church's Facebook page by over...
Dozens logged on for a fascinating conversation with Kasim Hafeez, CUFI’s Middle East analyst and key figure in the upcoming documentary Never Again. The interview served to promote the movie’s theater release for October 13 and 15, and offered listeners an intimate view of Kasim’s journey into and departure from radical Islam. Audience members...
Nearly a hundred participants attended our webinar “Churchill and the Jews”, a joint collaboration between CUFI US and CUFI UK, with CUFI UK Development Manager Alastair Kirk, and Churchill historian Lee Pollock of the International Churchill Society. Attendees joined from early morning in Alaska to early evening in the UK. It is clear this was...
