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

Iran arrests two Catholics in new wave of brutality against Christians

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested two Christians – a mother and her son – in late February as part of a brutal crackdown on Catholicism in the country’s West Azerbaijan Province.

The family’s bibles and literature on Christian theology were also seized during the draconian raid, according to a March 5 report on the website...

Christian Persecution Issues

Stark Difference: Life for Christians in Israel and in Palestinian Territories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9UiiiTwwM

Visit to Tomb of Prophet Samuel: Neve Samuel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvrpW1bo3ow

Iran Issues

Part 1: Top American-Jewish Leader Malcolm Hoenlein on Iran, Hezbollah Threats

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

Iran Issues

Avi Dichter Pt. 1: Syrian Civil War + Iran and Hamas Threats

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

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) Issues

Israeli Ambassador to UN Danny Danon on UNESCO Fiasco, Iran, and BDS Threats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UEJZa9ofp0

US-Israel Relationship

Senate Committee Approves Trump Pick for Israel Envoy

President Donald Trump's pick for Israel envoy passed the Senate committee stage with full Republican support Thursday, despite lingering doubts from some Democrats on the panel.

Ambassador-designate David Friedman faced a tough confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in February, during which he repeatedly expressed...

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Part 2: Top American-Jewish Leader Malcolm Hoenlein on UN Madness, Jerusalem, Importance of CUFI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp3o-GdxcVw

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Pastor Hagee and Rabbi Scheinberg Together in Jerusalem

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

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Pastor Hagee and Rabbi Scheinberg on Why CUFI is Irreplaceable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-8KRwiyx5w

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Pastor Hagee and Rabbi Scheinberg on How Their Special Relationship Developed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jG_Z3wMMAs

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Pastor Hagee and Rabbi Scheinberg Share How They First Met

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KYtF6_60CU

Issues US-Israel Relationship

CUFI Leaders Emergency Fly-In Meeting In Washington D.C.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA70GQ7b_0M

Issues US-Israel Relationship

The Obama Administration’s Betrayal of Israel + God’s Unshakeable Promises

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

Issues US-Israel Relationship

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon on Defending Israel at UN

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

Incitement Issues

Avi Dichter Pt. 2: Second Intifada, ISIS, and the Muslim Brotherhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfOpI7XCxrI

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