At the CUFI Action Fund, our policy positions do not change regardless
of who is in power. If an elected official stands with Israel, we will
work with them regardless of party. Likewise, if they if they oppose our
policy positions, we will stand up to them. And when the last vote is
counted, we will remain committed to ensuring the voice of Christian
Zionism is heard in our nation's capital.

Iran

In 2021, Iran will be central to our policy agenda. We support
increasing sanctions against the Islamic Republic, not only because they
continue to pursue a nuclear weapon, but because Tehran remains one of
the preeminent forces for evil in the world. Their human rights record
is an abomination. Their support for terrorism is unparalleled and
unacceptable.

Reports are that over the next several weeks the Trump administration
will be increasing sanctions on Tehran. We support this effort. And to
those that would do the opposite, we ask that they remember that when
American officials break bread with their Iranian counterparts, they are
sending a dark message to the freedom-starved people of the Islamic
Republic and the tens of millions in the Iranian diaspora that look upon
the regime's steady destruction of their country with horror. When we
make bad deals with a bad actor, we empower bad people.

In 2021, Washington would do well to recall the lessons of history and
resist the urge to appease an evil regime.

Turkey

Turkey's economy is crumbling. Strongman-President Erdogan has just
fired the head of Turkey's central bank and saw his son-in-law finance
minister resign. These changes will have little effect on Turkey's
short- and long-term economic health. The only thing Ankara can do to
stave off further economic deterioration is abandon their hegemonic and
imperial ambitions.

We've said previously that Erdogan is speaking and acting like a
low-rent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (the former Iranian president who liked to
rail against the west and Israel while fantasizing about Iranian
regional dominance). Efforts to act like the Sunni version of Iran will
fail, in part, because we will ensure that outcome. And the next step in
that process is advancing bipartisan sanctions against Turkey (S.2641).
This legislation has passed the Senate Foreign Relations committee, and
we look forward to the incoming congress taking it up once again.
Current law also dictates that Turkey must be sanctioned for its
purchase of Russian missiles, as CUFI's recent action alert called
for. The Erdogan regime must be held to account for its actions.

United States

One of the issues we are morally compelled to confront in 2021 is the
appalling rise in anti-Semitism in the US. And we believe that this rise
in in anti-Semitic incidents is directly tied to the staggering American
ignorance about the Holocaust.

One recent study revealed that 31% of Americans and 41% of millennials
believe that two million or fewer Jews were killed in the Holocaust.
Another survey showed that nearly two-thirds of young American adults
(ages 18-39) are unaware 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust,
and one in 10 believe Jews

**caused** the Holocaust.

We worked very hard to advance the

**Never Again Education Act** which authorizes funds for the US
Holocaust Memorial Museum to facilitate Holocaust education across the
country. But the federal government cannot do it all on its own.
Ultimately, education is a state and local matter, and as such, in 2021,
CUFI will work to advance Holocaust education mandates in several states
across the country.

As the above indicates, there's much work to be done. And no matter
who holds the reigns of power next year, with your help and support
we'll be there to push our agenda forward at every level and every
turn.

Sincerely,

CUFI Action Fund Team

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