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.
01/22/2021
UAV was monitored throughout entire incident, army says
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) downed a drone crossing into the Israeli airspace from Lebanon, the army said on Friday.
The unmanned aerial vehicle had been monitored throughout the entire incident.
"The IDF will continue to operate in order to prevent any attempt to...
01/21/2021
Masdar fund and EDF Renewables Israel have signed a strategic cooperation investment agreement
Abu Dhabi-based Masdar and Israel's EDF Renewables have signed a strategic cooperation agreement, which will see the renewable energy arm of the UAE investment fund Mubadala invest hundreds of millions of dollars in developing renewable...
01/21/2021
Israel had established liaison offices in Morocco in the 1990s during a short-lived diplomatic opening.
Israel and Morocco on Thursday signed an aviation agreement that will see direct flights launch between the two countries.
The development comes after Israel and Gulf states, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, signed...
01/21/2021
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan on Thursday assumed the role of ambassador to the United States, taking over from Ron Dermer, who held the position for the past seven years.
This is the first time in 50 years that an Israeli diplomat has held both positions.
Erdan takes office at a particularly...
01/21/2021
Proponents of the Iran nuclear agreement are sounding the alarm. In 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and since then, Iran has increased the quality and quantity of its uranium enrichment well beyond what the deal allows. Recently, it has even begun enriching uranium to 20 percent, a short...
01/21/2021
Two suicide blasts reported in busy market area in vicinity of Baghdad's al-Tayaran square
At least 28 people were killed and 73 wounded following a suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Thursday, Iraqi military reports.
According to some of the available reports, two suicide bombers activated their devices at the busy Shorjah...
01/21/2021
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday announced plans for a massive, month-long exercise this summer, simulating a multi-front war, in which every branch of the military will take part.
This will be the first time that the military holds a drill of this scope, according to the IDF.
“The structure of the exercise, which is...
01/20/2021
CUFI Coffee Break
Lesson 50
The first major Arab riots against the Jews of Palestine occurred in 1920, with violent attacks against Jews in Jerusalem and in the Galilee. The Arab revolts created a problem for the British. They had a responsibility, as part of the British Mandate, to steward the creation of a Jewish national home. At...
01/20/2021
A political scientist has been charged with acting and conspiring to act as an unregistered agent of the Iranian government.
A criminal complaint charging Kaveh Lotfolah Afrasiabi, also known as Lotfolah Kaveh Afrasiabi, was unsealed on Tuesday. He was arrested a day earlier, on Monday, at his home in Watertown, Mass.
“For over...
01/20/2021
Mounting pressure from British and American officials along with Iranianhuman rights groups on the International Olympic Committee and United World Wrestling has on Tuesday sparked a reaction from the powerful sports organizations after days of silence about the pending execution of a second decorated Iranian wrestler.
"The...
01/20/2021
Three European powers on Saturday warned Iran against starting work on uranium metal-based fuel for a research reactor, saying it contravened the 2015 nuclear deal and had serious military implications.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, and Tehran said on Wednesday that Iran had started the work, the latest breach of its...
01/20/2021
With the words, “Christ born of Mary,” archaeologists have discovered the first evidence of an early Christian settlement from 1,500 years ago in what is today the location of a small Arab village near Nazareth.
According to Israel Antiquities Authority researchers, a recently discovered Greek inscription dedicated to the...
01/20/2021
Projectile launched from coastal enclave lands in open terrain
Israeli military targeted terror sites in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, hours after Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket into Israel.
In a tweet, the Israeli military said that IDF tanks fired at the group's positions in retaliation for the attack....
01/16/2021
With a nod to Israel’s increasingly normalized relations with the Arab world, the Pentagon is reorganizing its global command structure to include the Jewish state in the military sphere managed by US Central Command, which includes other Middle East countries.
The move will allow for greater collaboration against Iran, the...
01/10/2021
A top U.S. State Department official came out swinging Sunday against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s plan to execute another wrestler, after Tehran’s rulers publicly hanged the champion wrestler Navid Afkari in September on widely criticized, trumped-up charges.
“The Iranian regime must be held to account for their vile human rights...
01/19/2021
Israel and several other countries should start an international vaccine corporation to research and manufacture vaccines in future pandemics, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed in a meeting with leaders of six other countries on Monday.
“We will encounter more viruses,” Netanyahu warned. “We must unite forces and start to...
01/18/2021
Iran and six other countries lost their right to vote in the UN General Assembly, because they have not paid their dues, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday.
Iran blamed US sanctions for blocking the Islamic Republic from paying its required contribution to the UN.
Guterres wrote a letter to General Assembly...
01/17/2021
Morocco, home to North Africa's biggest Jewish community and the ancestral homeland of some 700,000 Israelis, is also hoping for an influx of Israeli tourists when the COVID-19 pandemic eases.
"I'm very happy" that the five-hour route will be served by direct flights, said Mergui, a Moroccan Jew who lives in Casablanca. "It's a true...
01/18/2021
The City of David was recognized as a "testament to America’s Judeo-Christian heritage and founding principles" by the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the US Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad at a special ceremony on Monday.
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman and Chairman of the Commission for the...
01/18/2021
Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets toward the southern Israeli city of Ashdod before dawn on Monday, which landed in the sea just off the coast of the city, the army said.
The projectiles did not trigger warning sirens, the Israel Defense Forces said. There were no injuries or damage reported.
In...