Last week, Christians United for Israel held its annual Leadership
Summit in Texas, where over 200 of our top leaders and activists met
with and heard from experts, CUFI staff, and your very own Action Fund
team members.
The Message

If the theme of the Summit could be boiled down to one idea, it's that
we need to redouble our efforts both in Washington and in state capitals
around the country. Antisemitism is on the rise both at home and abroad.
Fringe elected officials are effectively having their moment, and
Congress is as dysfunctional as ever. But none of this means we just
throw our hands up and wait for sunnier days. Quite the opposite.

CUFI Action Fund Chairwoman Sandra Parker has often noted Noah didn't
wait for the flood to build the ark. And since its inception CUFI has
never forgotten that it exists "for such a time as this." Well, the
storm is upon us, and the time is now.

Case in point: Congress is going to advance yet another continuing
resolution to keep the lights on in the federal government through
mid-March. That (hopefully) means that in the coming weeks, top House
and Senate appropriators will be hammering out a long-term spending bill
to fund the government. We have fought to ensure the Iron Dome support
for Israel thwarted by the Hamas caucus in Congress is included in the
final omnibus spending bill. But we haven't won yet, and we can take
nothing for granted. As we said, the time to redouble our efforts is
now, and the most important fight of the next few weeks will be in
support of Iron Dome.

The Policy

Throughout the CUFI Leadership Summit, CUFI Action Fund staffers were on
hand to deliver remarks and speak one-on-one with attendees to ensure
CUFI's top activists know what we've done and what's on the
horizon. We addressed the top federal priority above, but as many of you
know we've been heavily active at the state level as well.

Last year we saw three anti-BDS bills advance, this year we're working
on three more. Last year we began our fight to ensure the International
Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of antisemitism was
acknowledged at the state level; just since the beginning of this year
- from Alabama to Wyoming - states across the country have done just
that, and there'll be more to come. Last year we began discussions
with various states to enhance Holocaust education in schools; this year
we'll see the first few states make the necessary policy changes to
ensure the rampant ignorance about the genocide by which all others are
measured is addressed.

Across the country we're operating in states big and small to ensure
we combat antisemitism in all its forms. And once again, in the wake of
Colleyville and the unprecedented levels of antisemitism across the
country, we must redouble our efforts.

The Lasers!

Some of you may recall that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Neptune) once
accused Jewish space lasers of causing a wildfire in California. We
don't know what the next crazy thing to come out of her mouth might be
(full disclosure: we've got an office pool on the subject), but
recently the Israelis announced that over the next year they will employ
a laser system to protect their citizens against incoming rocket and
missile fire.

A few things before MTG starts tweeting: First, these are ground-based
lasers. Second, they are for preventing missiles from raining down on
Israeli civilians. Third, Israel's innovation does not vindicate
anyone's antisemitism.

While such technological advancement is incredible, that the Israelis
are announcing it now cannot be separated from the delay in Iron Dome
support we referenced earlier. Two things are certain: First, this
latest announcement shows exactly how the Jewish state has managed to
survive in a very dangerous neighborhood - man's ingenuity and
God's blessing. Second, inevitably the U.S. will benefit from this
Israeli defensive weapon which once again should remind certain
shortsighted charlatans (read Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie)
that the greatest return on U.S. foreign investment is our investment in
Israel.

Next week, we'll be focused on a number of issues both in Washington
and internationally. Until then and as always, thank you for taking the
time to learn about these vital issues and staying engaged in the fight
to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship and combat antisemitism
wherever and whenever it rears its ugly head.

Sincerely,

CUFI Action Fund Team

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