ISSUES

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

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Iran Issues

Trump calls Netanyahu to discuss Iranian ‘aggression’

US President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal and the regime’s recent belligerent acts.

The two leaders talked “at length” about the “dangers emanating from Iran and Iranian aggression in the region and the need to work together to deal with these threats,” according to a readout...

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Israeli Society Issues

Team Israel — and its mascot, Mensch on a Bench — is the Jamaican bobsled team of the WBC

If Ty Kelly is searching for material for his next screenplay, he doesn’t have to look very far.

According to his W-2, Kelly is a professional baseball player. But what Uncle Sam doesn’t know — at least not yet — is that the 28-year-old infielder is an up-and-coming screenwriter. That is, when he isn’t busy moonlighting as the starting shortstop...

Israeli Society Issues

With Mirth and a Mensch, Israel Upsets South Korea in W.B.C.

SEOUL, South Korea — When Sam Fuld, a journeyman outfielder, hit a line-drive single to open an exhibition game between Team Israel and a squad representing the South Korean Army the other day, one of his teammates on the bench, third baseman Cody Decker, yelled, “Nobody, and I mean nobody, no-hits the Jews!”
The exhortation was part bravado, part...

Archeology Issues

The First Words of Jesus and Why They Matter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpA2OlwEGo8

Archeology Issues

We Are Living in “Bible Times”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLYi3GWVNSI

Archeology Issues

Masada Pt. 4: The Jews Return to Masada

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U5wWRtUj8Q

Archeology Issues

Masada Pt. 3: The Rebels Make Their Final Stand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBG5EjQRuQ

Archeology Issues

Masada Pt. 2: The Roman Siege Begins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdwof3yfZlM

Archeology Issues

Masada Pt. 1: The Jewish Rebels Flee Jerusalem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZEeaegUC1s

Archeology Christian Persecution Issues

Tabgha and the Apostle Peter’s Redemption

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeaOuKce9N8

Iran Issues

Avi Dichter Pt. 3: Iran Nukes and Hezbollah + How to Understand the Middle East

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443CrvqUgFM

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS)

BDS: In Their Own Words

 

BDS proponents often present their case to students in terms of peace and justice; however, this masks the real agenda of seeking to destroy Israel rather than simply improve the lives of Palestinians and help them achieve independence. The true aims of BDS become clearer when the views of the movement’s leaders are examined. As the...

Israeli Technology

Alyn Hospital Pt. 3: Victim of Jerusalem Terror Attack Finds Healing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEDxC87L0Vw

Israeli Technology

Alyn Hospital Pt. 2: An American Pastor’s Life is Changed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sZYkOKvtL4

Israeli Technology

Alyn Hospital Pt. 1: Meeting the Families and Children of Alyn Hospital

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEs1Paf3Mfk

Issues

Israeli Consul General to Southwest on Importance of Christian Support

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwCdiFFZA1Y

US-Israel Relationship

Trump will move embassy, one-congressman mission predicts

US President Donald Trump will likely decide to move the American Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the head of a Congressional fact-finding mission into a possible relocation said on Sunday.

The small delegation, headed by Representative Ron DeSantis of Florida, the only congressman on the trip, visited three possible locations in Jerusalem,...

US-Israel Relationship

US reconsidering membership in UN council, urges end to Israel ‘obsession’

President Trump's administration confirmed it is reviewing the United States’ participation in the U.N. Human Rights Council, warning Wednesday that it wants the international body to reform its agenda and end its “obsession with Israel.”

Washington critics have argued that the Geneva-based council unfairly targets Israel over allegations of...

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Incitement Issues

Gaza rocket strikes field south of Ashkelon; none injured

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck an open field south of the coastal city of Ashkelon on Wednesday night, causing neither injury nor damage, the army said, the second attack in a week.

The alert siren did not go off, as the rocket was headed toward an unpopulated area.

The projectile struck the Hof Ashkelon region shortly after 11:00...

US-Israel Relationship

President Trump opens joint session of Congress with condemnation of anti-Semitism

 

 

WASHINGTON — In a noteworthy move, President Donald Trump opened his highly anticipated address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night by speaking out against the recent wave of anti-Semitic attacks across the country

Noting his Feb. 28 speech came at the end of Black History Month, Trump said the recurrent surges...