ISSUES

At CUFI, we are focused on several key issues with the goal of defending Israel’s strength, security, and sovereignty.

If you want to keep up with all things Israel, sign up for CUFI’s Daily Briefing – our daily news roundup created exclusively for CUFI members. Every morning, Monday through Friday, receive an email with some of the top headlines in the news so you are always informed and ready to debunk lies with the truth.

In The News

Hostage talks to continue despite strike targeting Deif

Israeli diplomatic sources estimate that despite the strike targeting Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif on Saturday, negotiations for a ceasefire and the release of hostages will continue, Israel National News reported on Monday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Netanyahu to meet Biden at the White House on July 22

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to meet President Joe Biden at the White House on July 22, ahead of his address to a joint session of Congress, an Israeli official said on Sunday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Biden indicates Israel can pursue Hamas leadership after war, which ‘should end now’

In a much-anticipated news conference following the end of the NATO Summit in Washington on Thursday, US President Joe Biden appeared to suggest that ending the war in Gaza would not mean Israel would have to stop going after Hamas’s leadership.

Read More: The Times of Israel

In The News

Iran Can Produce ‘Multiple Nuclear Weapons Within Days,’ Foreign Policy Leaders Say, Underscoring ‘Urgent Need’ for Action

Iran is quietly accelerating its nuclear program "to a point where the regime can now produce enough weapons-grade uranium for multiple nuclear weapons within days," according to a broad coalition of think tanks and advocacy groups.

Read More: Free Beacon

In The News

Hezbollah drone kills IDF soldier in Western Galilee

An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed on Thursday in a Hezbollah drone strike near Kibbutz Kabri, the military announced on Friday morning.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Israel: ‘No role for UNRWA in Gaza’ as agency hires Hamas by hundreds

The Prime Minister’s Office slammed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees a day after Israel’s Foreign Ministry revealed that the aid agency is employing hundreds of terrorists.

Read More: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Decision on Hezbollah must come ‘very soon’, senior MK tells European diplomats

A decision about how to solve the Hezbollah threat in northern Israel “will have to be taken very soon,” a senior lawmaker told European diplomats in the evacuated northern city of Kiryat Shmona on Thursday.

Read More: The Times of Israel

In The News

NATO’s Rogue State

Turkey continues to undermine U.S., Israeli, and Western interests. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan must stop supporting Russia, cease undermining the NATO alliance, and end backing for Hamas.

Read More: The National Interest

In The News

IDF takes out Rafah terror cell that fired five rockets

The Israeli Air Force on Thursday morning eliminated a group of terrorists who less than 30 minutes earlier fired five rockets from Rafah in southern Gaza at Israeli border communities.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Window for Biden to broker Israeli-Saudi deal before election has shut — sources

The window for US President Joe Biden’s administration to broker a long-sought normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia before the November presidential election has closed, a Democratic lawmaker and a senior Republican Senate aide told The Times of Israel on Wednesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Report: Israel, Hamas to cede control of Gaza to PA-linked force in deal’s 2nd phase

Israel and the Hamas terror group have agreed to hand over control of the Gaza Strip to a new Palestinian force during the crucial second stage of a three-phase proposal for a ceasefire and hostage-prisoner release deal in the war-torn territory, the Washington Post reported Wednesday.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

Hezbollah drone wounds man in Western Galilee

A man around 30 years of age was critically wounded by a drone fired from Lebanon near Kibbutz Kabri in the Western Galilee on Thursday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Biden admin unfreezes 500-pound bomb shipment to Israel

The Biden administration will unfreeze a shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel at the heart of a public dispute between Washington and Jerusalem.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

US intel chief: Iran influence campaign stoking, funding anti-Israel protests

Iranian regime actors are engaging influence campaigns to stoke and fund anti-Israel protests in the United States of America, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines warned in a statement on Tuesday.

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

US State Department blasts Qatar for antisemitism in textbooks, citing IMPACT-se

The US State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom published last week condemned the latest Qatari textbooks for their inclusion of antisemitic material, citing a June 2024 study by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-se).

Read more: The Jerusalem Post

In The News

Amsterdam statue of Anne Frank defaced ‘for Gaza’

An antisemitic vandal painted “Gaza” on a statue of Anne Frank, located near the famed Holocaust diarist’s first home in Amsterdam, a local Jew-hatred watchdog said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

US antisemitism envoy lauds Meta ban on use of ‘Zionist’ as slur

Meta’s decision to ban the use of the term “Zionist” as a slur for Jews is an “important step” in curbing rampant Jew-hatred online, U.S. antisemitism envoy U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (SEAS) Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt said on Tuesday.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate

In The News

Hezbollah says former Nasrallah bodyguard killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria

An alleged Israeli strike in Syria earlier today killed a former personal bodyguard of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, an official with the Lebanese terror group says.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

IDF commando killed in fresh Gaza City operation; troops raid UNRWA HQ

An Israeli soldier was killed during fighting in Gaza City, the military announced Wednesday morning, raising Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against terror group Hamas and military operations along the border with the Strip to 327.

Read more: The Times of Israel

In The News

US State Dept. report cites antisemitism in Qatari schoolbooks

The U.S. State Department’s 2023 Report on International Religious Freedom, which was released last week, highlights a new study of Qatari textbooks showing an ongoing prevalence of antisemitic content.

Read more: Jewish News Syndicate