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Dear A.,


October 6th, 1973 — 50 years ago today. Israelis are gathered for Yom Kippur services, fasting and praying, reflecting and atoning.


Suddenly, without warning, sirens blare.


Arab armies from Egypt and Syria have launched a coordinated surprise attack, crossing into the Sinai and Golan Heights, quickly overrunning Israeli defensive positions.


Israel's citizen-soldiers are being called up and mobilized, traveling from their homes to the frontlines.

The fighting is fierce, and Israel takes heavy casualties from the much larger and better-equipped Arab armies — aided and supplied by the Soviets. The odds are long for the Jewish state.

In Sinai, 100,000 Egyptian soldiers and 1,350 tanks face off against only 450 Israeli soldiers and 290 tanks.

In the Golan, 28,000 Syrian troops and 800 tanks confront just 3,000 Israeli troops with 180 tanks.

After only 25 years of independence, the Jewish people seem close to once again losing their homeland.


As AIPAC founder and then-Chairman Si Kenen testified to a congressional subcommittee shortly after the war:

"If the United States had faltered and delayed and if the people of Israel had not received the needed equipment in time, we might have witnessed a catastrophe... This was a war for the liquidation of the Jewish state."

But just as all hope seemed lost, President Nixon issued a powerful order: “Send everything that can fly.”


American planes carrying vital military equipment to the Jewish state took to the skies, resupplying the Israelis with 22,325 tons of weapons and supplies — enabling Israel to turn the tide of the war and defeat the invading armies.


Fifty years ago, Israel was pushed to the brink of survival. Today, it is our responsibility to ensure the Jewish state always has what it needs to defend itself, by itself — never again allowing its existence to hang in the balance.

Thank you for your continued support for our mission to help keep Israel safe and the U.S.-Israel relationship strong.


Take a moment to watch and share the video below, and then see below for more stories we are following from over the week.



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Iran's Aggression Continues to Escalate


Iran is now exporting 2 million barrels of oil per day, primarily to China, in direct violation of U.S. sanctions. These sales are worth around $150 million per day, which the regime uses to fund attacks against Americans and Israelis and brutally oppress its own people.

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Read this new AIPAC factsheet on how Iranian oil sales are bankrolling a dangerous regime.

In just the past week:

- The U.S.
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seized more than a million rounds of small-arms ammunition that Iran was attempting to ship to its proxies in Yemen.


- A 16-year-old girl is in
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critical condition after being beaten into a coma by Iranian "morality police" for violating Iran’s hijab law.


- An Iranian official finally
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admitted Iran’s role in the 1983 terror attack on the U.S. embassy in Beirut which killed 241 U.S. military personnel.


- Iran is reportedly attempting to
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transfer weapons from its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah to fighters in Syria and to Russia for its war in Ukraine.


- The U.S. Defense Department
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issued a report stating Iran can produce enough fissile material for a nuclear bomb in less than two weeks.
Palestinian Terror Threat Grows


The threat of Palestinian terrorism is continuing to grow as the situation in Gaza deteriorates and the Palestinian Authority abdicates its responsibility to combat terrorism.

- On Thursday, five Israeli Border Police officers
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were injured while attempting to arrest Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The terrorist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for attacking the Israeli troops with gunfire and bombs.


- Also on Thursday, two Hamas terrorists were killed after
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opening fire at an Israeli civilian on a nearby highway.


- On Wednesday, Palestinian terrorists in Gaza
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held a parade showcasing domestically produced rockets alongside missiles and drones.
This all comes as Palestinian terrorists are also
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planning to escalate the violent riots along the Gaza border.

Israel-Saudi Arabia Negotiations Continue


Senior U.S. officials visited Saudi Arabia
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last week to continue talks toward a potential normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia.


And Senator Joni Ernst, a co-chair of the Abraham Accords Caucus, is set to lead a
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bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE in the next few days.


In another early sign of warming relations, an Israeli minister
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visited Saudi Arabia for an international conference this week, the second Israeli minister to do so in the past week.


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A member of the Israeli delegation to Saudi Arabia holds up a Torah scroll during a morning prayer service in Riyadh.

Video of the Week: Countering Iran with the SHIP Act


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