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02/03/2021
Iran has deepened a key breach of its 2015 nuclear deal, enriching uranium with a larger number of advanced centrifuge machines in an underground plant as it faces off with the new US administration on salvaging the accord.
Tehran has recently accelerated its breaches of the deal, raising pressure on US President Joe Biden as both...
02/02/2021
No weapons found on captured trespasser, IDF detains him for questioning
Israeli soldiers caught a man crossing the border from the southern Gaza Strip late Tuesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
A tweet by the IDF's spokesperson unit said the suspect had no weapon and was questioned on site.
The incident...
On Friday, May 22nd, in celebration of Jerusalem Day and in continued celebration of Israel’s 72 anniversary, our National Hispanic Outreach Coordinator Rev. Peter De Jesus, and his wife, Rev. Mildred De Jesus, teamed up to conduct Part 2 of our Spanish Why Israel virtual series. This virtual event was broadcasted on our CUFI Spanish Facebook page...
On May 14th, Peter and Mildred De Jesus conducted a "Spanish-Why Israel?" via Zoom on Facebook. There were 1.5K views from the United States and Latin America. Reaching cities from the West Coast, such as San Francisco, to the East Coast in Rochester, New York, Peter and Mildred shared the importance of why we should support Israel. In Latin...
02/01/2021
Tehran continues to seek retribution for killing of Maj. Gen. Soleimani, intelligence sources say
An Iranian terror attack targeting an Israeli embassy in one of Africa’s eastern countries was thwarted in January, Israel’s public broadcaster Kan reported on Monday.
Citing western intelligence sources who are knowledgeable on the...
CUFI’s Sandy Parker Hagee, a major force behind CUFI’s documentary "Never Again", moderated a special discussion with Holocaust Survivor Irving Roth, and former radicalized anti-Semite Kasim Hafeez. The interview covered their personal journeys, how they were brought to work together with CUFI, and their experiences making CUFI’s movie Never Again.
Over 300 students from two Christian schools attended a live CUFI Never Again webinar, a discussion with a Survivor. This webinar featured a live discussion with Irving Roth and Kasim Hafeez about the making of CUFI’s movie Never Again, and their life journeys.
The school principals served as panelists and moderated questions from their...
2020 Diversity Asian Pastors Israel Mission Alumni Pastor Rolly Aquino, Pastor Lorenzo Mapa, Pastor Don Austria, Pastor Neil Malakas, and Pastor Fred Virtucio all combined for an online event. Were joined by other pastors church members from across the country. Shared the entire Why Israel presentation, and invited everyone to the Virtual Summit.
2020 Diversity Asian Pastors Israel Mission Alumni Pastor Jon Mejica, Pastor Ray Anne, Pastor Arnell Aquino all combined for an online event. Were joined by other pastors church members from across the country. Shared the entire Why Israel presentation, and invited everyone to the Virtual Summit.
02/01/2021
Iran tested a new rocket on Monday with improved technology that could be used in its missile program, its latest attempt to raise the stakes for the Biden administration ahead of potential negotiations over a new nuclear deal.
The new rocket, named Zuljanah, was developed under a government-backed program to send civilian...
02/01/2021
Injecting the civilian world with military-based video surveillance techniques is a vision that Col. (res.) Oded Halevy, CEO of the Gotrack HLS company, has spent recent years turning into a reality in Israel. Now, concerned by the threat of anti-Semitism, he is seeking to make the same preventative security services available for...
02/01/2021
Israel’s embassy in Guatemala on Sunday finished its Guatelinda housing project in the town of Escuintla for families that lost homes in the 2018 Fuego volcano eruption.
The blast killed more than 190 people in the Central American country.
Matty Cohen, Israel’s ambassador to Guatemala and Honduras, personally handed over the...
02/01/2021
Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that Israel is still keeping open the possibility of taking action against Tehran’s nuclear project if necessary.
“Israel has a clear objective: that Iran not be nuclear. It is not just an Israeli interest. It is first and foremost a global and regional interest,” Gantz said in an interview with...
02/01/2021
Kosovan FM dubs occasion 'a golden page in the history of the people of Kosovo'
Israel and Kosovo officially cemented their agreement to normalize ties on Monday, with the European state to become the first Muslim-majority nation to establish an embassy in Jerusalem.
Due to the...
01/31/2021
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to visit the Arab Gulf next month, making official trips to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain sometime in mid-February, Israeli broadcaster Channel 13 reported on Sunday.
According to the report, Netanyahu is expected to spend a day in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi meeting...
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...