Dear ,

Over the past week, a significant amount has transpired on several
issues on which the CUFI Action Fund Team focuses. We saw additional
support and momentum building behind the

**Never Again Education Act** in the Senate, progress in efforts to
further isolate the regime in Iran, and our team members met with senior
Washington officials concerning the current situation in Lebanon.

Never Again Education Act

As regular readers of the Action Update know, we feel strongly that the
fight against anti-Semitism requires a two-pronged attack. We must
ensure the protection of our Jewish brothers and sisters and ensure the
next generation is inoculated against this hatred by delivering proper
historical education.

The

**Never Again Education Act** addresses the latter by providing schools
with funding to teach students about the Holocaust. It's that simple,
and we strongly support the bill's passage. That is why we were very
grateful to have seen a host of new cosponsors sign onto the bill since
the beginning of the month. New cosponsors thus far this month are
Senators Tina Smith, Elizabeth Warren, Roger Wicker, Joe Manchin, Bernie
Sanders, Gary Peters, Sheldon Whitehouse, Dan Sullivan, and Dick Durbin.

Despite Washington's polarization, this legislation passed with 393
votes in the House of Representatives. In the Senate, it enjoys the
support of conservatives like Senators Kevin Cramer and Marco Rubio, and
liberals like Senators Jacky Rosen and Richard Blumenthal - all of whom
are original cosponsors of the bill.

As CUFI founder and Chairman Pastor John Hagee noted in an op-ed

earlier this year, "We can debate other issues on other days, but at
this moment, if we fail to educate the next generation about the horrors
of the Holocaust and protect the Jewish community against anti-Semitism
sweeping across this country, we fail to uphold the most basic values
upon which this country was founded."

Iran

This week, the CUFI Action Fund's Director of Public Policy and
Strategy, Boris Zilberman, published an op-ed

in the Washington Examiner calling on the Trump administration to stay
the course in their maximum pressure campaign against the Iran, and
condemning those few but vocal members of Congress seeking to undermine
relevant US foreign policy.

Further demonstrating that sanctions against Iran are working, Reuters
released a story this week highlighting the success of US sanctions
against the Islamic Republic and noting, "At least a quarter of
Iran's oil rigs are out of action as U.S. sanctions strangle the
Islamic Republic's vital oil industry..."

We must continue to maximize the maximum pressure campaign against
Tehran. If we do so, eventually Iran will be forced to abandon their
nuclear ambitions and support for terrorism. Anything short of this and
we will repeat the failures of Pres. Obama's disastrous Iran nuclear
accord.

Lebanon

This past week, members of our team met with senior officials in
Washington to express our support for conditioning US aid to the
Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on Beirut divorcing itself from Hezbollah.
Our staff reminded those with whom they met, that rather than curtailing
Hezbollah's power by disarming the terrorist organization and removing
it from Israel's border, the US-backed LAF has at best proven
ineffective and at worst collaborates with a terrorist organization.

This week, we also saw further storm clouds surrounding Lebanon's
economy, with the government electing not to make its March Eurobond
payment and economists highlighting that Lebanon's dollar reserves are
"critically low." While the entire world economy is suffering due to
the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Lebanon's financial
difficulties are exacerbated - not created by - the outbreak.

The true culprit of Lebanon's ills is Hezbollah. And the answer is
clear. As CUFI's Senior Director of Policy and Communications noted in
an op-ed

late last year, "There are members of the LAF who want to take their
country back from Hezbollah. There are civilians who reject the LAF's
fealty to an Iranian proxy force. Congress can help them by passing the

**Countering Hezbollah in Lebanon's Military Act**, which would
empower elements in the LAF loyal to their country - not to a
terrorist group - to put U.S. strategy on sound footing."

Since launching the Action Update at the beginning of this year, we've
seen a significant increase in readership, and we are very grateful to
those who've expressed support for our efforts. Please keep reading
the Update to receive analysis on the issues most relevant to those who
stand with Israel and the Jewish people.

Sincerely,
CUFI Action Fund Team

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