This week, as we commemorate the horrors of 9/11, it is incumbent upon
every American to not just mourn that tragedy but also to learn from it.
We have all committed to never forgetting the lives lost that day, the
bravery of the first responders who answered the call when the World
Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked, and the astounding heroism
displayed by those ordinary Americans on United Flight 93 who sacrificed
their lives to prevent the terrorists hitting their third target: the
U.S. Capitol.

In today's Action Update, we will examine two issues: Iran's malign
activities and the effort to boycott Israel into oblivion. At first
glance, these two challenges seemingly have little to do with the
terrorists who committed the atrocities on 9/11. But, at the Action
Fund, we scratch below the surface, and one does not have to dig far to
see that at the heart of all these abominations is radicalism,
supremacy, hatred for the West, and, of course, antisemitism.

**Iran Hearings**

Iran is not responsible for the Twin Towers destruction but their past
and present cooperation with Al-Qaeda is notable, including harboring
the current de-facto leader of the terrorist group - Saif al-Adel.
They are very much, however, responsible for the deaths of thousands of
Americans in Iraq, as well as every American, Israeli, Syrian, Lebanese,
Palestinian, and Argentinian, among numerous others, maimed or murdered
by Hezbollah and its other proxy groups.

Iran may be a Shia-Muslim state, whereas Al-Qaeda is Sunni-Muslim, but
their level of fanaticism is the same - as is their bloodlust when it
comes to the United States and Israel. And because Iran is a country in
pursuit of nuclear weapons, we must take the Iranian threat even more
seriously than the one posed by Al-Qaeda. But... we aren't.

This week, there will be two Congressional hearings examining the
Iranian threat. First, on Wednesday, the House Committee on Oversight
and Accountability's subcommittee focused on national security and
foreign affairs will examine the Biden administration's current Iran
policy. The very next day, the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee which
focuses on the Middle East and North Africa will hear from several
experts discussing Iran's escalating threats.

Terrorism will no doubt be high on the agenda during these hearings, as
it is for Israel. In fact, so significant is the current terrorist
threat posed by Iran, that, in a rare public statement, the chief of
Israel's famed foreign intelligence service,

**The Mossad**, delivered a not-so-veiled threat to Iran's leadership:
hurt Israelis and we'll hurt you (we're paraphrasing here, but
that's the gist). Moreover, earlier this week, Israel's Minister of
Defense announced that Iran was building a military airport just 12
miles from the Israeli border.

As the Biden administration knows, such public announcements from
Israel's defense establishment are rare. Layer these developments upon
the previous horrors so many Americans have experienced at the hands of
Iran-backed terrorists, one might be forgiven for assuming the U.S.
would mimic the Israeli intelligence chief's robust approach to
Tehran, but sadly, that is not the case. 

In stark contrast to Jerusalem's posture towards the Islamic Republic,
the Biden administration announced on Monday (yes, 9/11) that it had
struck a deal with Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism, wherein
the regime will release five American hostages and in return, the U.S.
will unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian funds held due to sanctions

**and** release five Iranians jailed by the U.S for a range of illegal
activities aimed at bolstering the regime, including through the
procurement of materials for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Many Americans are no doubt frustrated by the Biden administration's
Iran policy, but, worse yet, amongst our neighbors are those who've
lost loved ones due to Iranian terrorism. In fact, there is a group of
more than two dozen American families who successfully sued Iran for the
Islamic Republic's murdering their loved ones, and, having never been
compensated as the court ordered, these families are now filing suit to
prevent the Biden administration from freeing up more Iranian cash. We
will be keeping an eye on both the hearings and the lawsuit and will
report back any relevant developments.

**Defeating BDS**

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This week, CUFI launched an Action Alert asking our members to contact
their elected Representative and ask him/her to support the Countering
Hate Against Israel (CHAI) by Federal Contractors Act.

For many of our readers, this bill is of course well known to you. But
for anyone new, if passed into law, the CHAI Act would largely mimic
state-level measures that prevent the government from contracting with
any company that is seeking to use economic terrorism to destroy the
state of Israel. Basically, the CHAI Act acknowledges that Americans
have a right to boycott whomever they see fit, but they don't have a
right to receive taxpayer contracts while engaging in such bigotry.  

Over the August recess, the CHAI Act gained traction in Congress and the
wider pro-Israel community, including cosponsors for the legislation
from both sides of the aisle. Following the Action Alert, we hope to see
a marked increase in public Congressional support for the legislation,
but that only happens if you and thousands of Christian Zionists across
the country respond to the Action Alert and tell our elected officials
that our taxpayer dollars should never subsidize Jew-hatred.

Next week, we'll bring you additional updates on these and other
topics. Until then, thank you for taking the time to stay informed about
the issues of the day, and as always, we are deeply grateful for your
steadfast support of Israel and the CUFI Action Fund.

Sincerely,

The CUFI Action Fund Team

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