Over the past two weeks, Christians United for Israel staff and
leadership have been to the Middle East and Europe, working every step
of the way to support the Jewish people in yet another hour of need. In
this week's Action Update, we go from Jerusalem to Hungary to the
Negev Desert.

Jerusalem

During a recent trip to Israel, the CUFI Action Fund's Chairwoman met
with Israel's Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister.
Such meetings help us to understand the Israeli perspective - though
as an American organization, we come to our own determination on the
best policy positions for Americans advocating a strong US-Israel
alliance. At every meeting, the primary topic of discussion was the
Israeli view on the continued Iranian threat.

The Israelis do not consider the Iranian nuclear and terrorist threat to
be an exclusively Israeli problem, nor as Prime Minister Bennett said
are they "bound by what will be written in the agreements." And
they're right. A world in which the radical Islamic regime in Tehran
possesses a nuclear weapons capability is a threat to every free nation
on earth. The latest reports on a potential Iran deal indicate it is far
less imminent than was once discussed in the press, but those reports do
not indicate the Biden administration has made a U-turn on its road to
appeasement.

For our part, we remain focused on ensuring Congress reviews any
agreements made between President Biden's envoys, their war criminal
Russian interlocutors, and the representatives of the leading
state-sponsor of terrorism - the Islamic Republic of Iran. To that
end, both Democratic and Republican Members of Congress have authored
letters to President Biden voicing the same.

Hungarian-Ukrainian Border

In recent weeks, CUFI has raised more than $3 million to support the
immigration of Ukrainian Jewish war refugees to Israel. Last week, a
small team, including one member of our Action Fund staff, traveled to
the Ukrainian border to document and better understand the situation.

"The mothers carry their babies in one arm and all of their
possessions in the other. It is a human tragedy on a massive scale, but
these survivors will build a new life in the land of their ancestors,"
said the Action Fund staff member.

"The title of Israel's national anthem is 'The Hope.' And for
these beleaguered but not broken people, it is the hope that they will
one day be reunited with their loved ones in the land of milk and honey
that drives them forward. Exhausted, yet resolved to survive, they are
men and women of valor who have tasted freedom and will not relinquish
it. They mourn the obliterated lives they lived just one month ago, but
they are determined to make it to their promised land," he added.

Israel has continued its humanitarian efforts to help the Ukrainian
people, including opening the first foreign field hospital in Western
Ukraine last week.

Negev Desert

In a once unthinkable event, this week, Israel hosted foreign ministers
from four Arab nations with which the Jewish state has relations and US
Secretary of State Tony Blinken. According to reports, the primary topic
on the agenda was Iran.

Both Arabs and Israelis are threatened by Tehran's evil actions, and
we can imagine that Secretary of State Blinken spent much of his time in
Israel's southern desert hearing the same thing from the diverse group
of leaders: don't capitulate to Iran.

Ultimately, Secretary Blinken promised to "work together to confront
common security challenges and threats, including those from Iran and
its proxies." We imagine the Arab and Israeli reactions to that
statement were the same as ours: we'll believe it when we see it.

The inaugural Negev Summit Forum is a beginning and not an end. The
nations agreed to meet twice a year and established six working groups
on issues of economic and security concerns.

Next week, we'll be back to our more regularly scheduled programing,
covering policy developments at the state and federal levels. Until
then, thank you as always for staying informed, engaged and vigilant.

Sincerely,

CUFI Action Fund Team

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