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Over the past week, members of CUFI leadership and the CUFI Action Fund
traveled from Abu Dhabi to Jerusalem and back home to the USA. Along the
way, we spoke at length with an Arab royal, hugged a grandmother as she
wept in the ruins of her home destroyed by a Hamas rocket, shared
numerous wonderful and heartbreaking moments with former US Ambassador
to the UN Nikki Haley, and walked in the footsteps of the Jesus.

A True Prince

His Royal Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
received a delegation of CUFI leadership in his office in Abu Dhabi
where he serves as the Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates
(UAE). The Sheikh is a true mensch. He is highly intelligent and
thoughtful. And the rulers of the Emirates have achieved wonderous
things in their country.

Like Israel, the UAE is focused on progress that honors the past. And
the Sheikh embodies that sentiment. Our conversation was off the record,
so we can only share our own comments, but we thanked the Sheikh for the
UAE's commitment to the Abraham Accords, their public stance in
support of Israel during the recent conflict with Hamas, and for their
strength in the face of Iranian malice.

We also have a message that we hope our readers will hear: In the Middle
East we've far too few friends, but we have some very good ones, first
and foremost Israel, but also the Kurds, and, in our view, the Emirates.

Solidarity With Israel

The primary focus of our travel was to express solidarity with the
people of Israel in the wake of the eleven days of rocket attacks they
endured recently during the latest conflict with Hamas. Pastor Hagee,
CUFI's founder and Chairman, led the delegation, and was joined by
Ambassador Nikki Haley and CUFI Action Fund Chairwoman Sandra Parker.

The Pastor and the Ambassador began their mission in quiet prayer at
Jerusalem's Western Wall. They then enjoyed a traditional Sabbath
dinner with former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. They visited
a number of locations during the trip, but a few moments stood out.

On Sunday, the group traveled to Ashkelon and Sderot, towns that often
bear the brunt of Hamas's rocket fire. The scenes of destruction were
heartbreaking, only made more so by the impassioned testimony of a woman
who'd lost her home when, clutching her grandchild, a rocket blew the
house apart. The shockwave of the explosion threw the grandmother into a
wall - where her hair is still stuck. We thank God both she and her
grandbaby survived.

Tragically, horrifically, in Sderot, the same was not the fate of
6-year-old boy, who was killed when his apartment was hit by a Hamas
rocket. The Pastor and the Ambassador traveled to the apartment building
to pay their respects and join the entire nation of Israel in mourning
that loss. We at the Action Fund communicate for a living, but for this,
there are no words.

Conveying the Message

Following the prayers in Jerusalem, and the heartbreak in Ashkelon and
Sderot, Pastor Hagee and Ambassador Haley returned to Jerusalem to meet
with elected officials. As CUFI stands with the democratically elected
government of Israel, and takes no position on internal Israeli
politics, the Pastor and the Ambassador met with now leader of the
opposition, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and newly installed
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.

Despite the fact that Lapid and Netanyahu come from different political
camps, their comments on Iran could not have been more in lockstep.
Hamas fired the rockets, Iran bought and made the rockets, and US
sanctions relief for the Islamic Republic is the surest way to ensure
there will be more rockets.

There is nothing pro-Israel about enriching Israel's (and America's)
enemies. There is no merit to enabling the world's leading sponsor of
terror. The US can and must do better.

The moments we experienced during this visit to the region will stay
with us forever. Some beautiful, some surreal, some utterly
catastrophic. But this is our job. We comfort His people. We strengthen
the US -Israel relationship. And we are able to do it because of your
support.

Sincerely,

CUFI Action Fund Team

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