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.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel on Monday, where he was expected to pressure Jerusalem to scale back the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
He met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv in the afternoon after an earlier meeting with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Read more:...
Hundreds of synagogues and Jewish institutions across the United States received bomb threats by email this weekend, in a substantial acceleration of a months-long spree of hoax threats.
The Secure Community Network, which coordinates security for Jewish institutions nationwide, said early Sunday that it had tracked 199 threats over the past 24...
Of the hundreds of rockets and missiles fired into Israel’s north by Iran’s Lebanese terror proxy, Hezbollah, one in five fell short and struck inside Lebanese territory, the IDF spokesperson’s unit said on Thursday.
According to the IDF, from one barrage of rockets fired by Hezbollah this week, eight rockets landed inside Lebanon.
Read...
Representatives of families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres overnight Thursday in New York, and accused the UN of not doing enough to help free their relatives.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The IDF located and exposed a Hamas terrorist ambush at the entrance to a tunnel shaft, using dolls and children's backpacks in an attempt to lure soldiers in hopes of finding hostages, the Israeli military said Friday.
The items, which contained speakers playing crying sounds, were placed near a tunnel shaft which connects to a large network...
The future of U.S. President Joe Biden’s request for $14.3 billion in supplemental aid for Israel became dimmer on Thursday, as the House of Representatives adjourned until the new year.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Another major tactical disagreement between Washington and Jerusalem spilled into public view on Thursday during U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s visit to Israel.
Read more: Jewish Insider
The IDF distributed flyers across Gaza on Thursday, promising huge rewards to anyone who would provide information on the locations of senior Hamas leaders hiding in the Strip.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
Danish authorities said on Thursday they had made several arrests in a coordinated action across the country on suspicion of preparation for an antisemitic terrorist attack.
Read more: i24 News
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announces the death of lawmaker Hasan Bitmez, local media reports, two days after he collapsed in parliament, suffering a heart attack at the end of a livestreamed parliamentary speech in which he slammed Israel and said it wouldn’t be able to “escape the wrath of Allah.”
Read more: The Times of Israel
White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby suggested Wednesday that some of the steps the Israeli military has taken to prevent civilian casualties in Gaza might go further than what the US would have done if it were in Israel’s place.
Read more: The Times of Israel
Israel's ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan held a sign showing the phone number of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s Hamas office at a UN General Assembly meeting on Tuesday.
"You want a real cease-fire?” Erdan declared, admonishing UNGA members to ask him directly as he held up a sign depicting Sinwar's office phone number, since the terrorist...
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen “have crossed a red line in the Red Sea,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Wednesday.
“The US-led international activities against the Houthi terror-pirates must be bolstered and strengthened in the form of a truly international coalition,” the president continued his tweet.
Read more: Jewish News...
The Israel Defense Forces struck Hezbollah terrorists and their infrastructure in Southern Lebanon on Wednesday, the military said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Ten Israeli soldiers fell in battle in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the IDF announced on Wednesday morning. Nine were killed during a Hamas ambush in the eastern Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya, according to the military.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The Israel Defense Forces struck several terror sites in Lebanon on Tuesday in response to ongoing rocket-fire at the Jewish state.
The military said that two launches were detected, to which it responded by shelling the source of the fire.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
The IDF retrieved the bodies of Eden Zechariah and IDF Warrant Officer Ziv Dado, two of the Israelis taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said on Tuesday.
Read more: The Jerusalem Post
A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen near a key maritime chokepoint, authorities said Tuesday.
According to Hebrew-language reports, the tanker was scheduled to anchor at Ashdod’s port early next month.
Read more: The Times of Israel
The Israeli Air Force overnight Monday destroyed a launch site in Jabalia from which rockets were being fired toward the western Negev city of Sderot, one of several launch sites attacked over the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip.
Read more: Jewish News Syndicate
Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), on Monday reacted to the news of anticipated visit by the UN's Security Council (UNSC) delegation to the Rafah border crossing. The Council representatives are said to evaluate the aid provided to the Gaza residents and discuss the ways to improve the humanitarian situation...
