The Middle East, and those concerned with what goes on there, rarely
face a week that's all good. Sadly, sometimes, the news is all bad.
And sometimes, like the past week, we get a bit of everything. So,
let's dive right in.

Bad News

There's no other way to put this: things are heating up in certain
Palestinian-controlled territories in the West Bank, and we may see the
conflict there boil over very soon. In recent weeks, Palestinian
terrorists have engaged in numerous brazen attacks on Israelis -
civilians and soldiers alike. While many of the attacks and clashes
between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian gunmen have occurred in highly
radicalized areas such as Jenin and Nablus, the bloodshed has not been
limited to these locations. Palestinian terrorists, for example, even
attacked Israelis seeking to enter Joseph's Tomb.

In the whole of 2021, there were 50 Palestinian shooting attacks against
Israeli soldiers in Judea and Samaria. Since the beginning of 2022,
there have already been 60, including 12 in a two-day period at the end
of August. Moreover, the Israeli military and security services have
already thwarted 220 Palestinian terrorist attacks this year alone.

The possibility of even more widespread and intensive conflict is
something Israeli and other officials fear could come to pass. Israel
will be able to handle whatever Palestinian terrorists throw at the
Jewish state, but there is no conflict without grief and bloodshed.
Unless the Palestinian Authority tamps down the terrorist activities of
groups like the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Israeli military will be
forced to act.

Good News

For the past few weeks, we've been providing you with detailed
information on the state of play of the ill-conceived Iran nuclear
accord. And at present, it appears the deal is once again on
life-support, if not completely dead.

This is good news, but that said, there are facts we should consider to
keep this in context: First, Israel's intelligence chief recently
noted that Iran continues to target Israelis around the world and that
the Mossad has already thwarted dozens of Iranian plots to harm Israelis
abroad. Second, Israel's Prime Minister, in Berlin to meet with his
German counterpart, shared "sensitive and relevant intelligence
information" regarding Iran's nuclear program with German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz. Finally, the Iranian general in charge of the Islamic
Republic's ground forces announced on Monday that Tehran had developed
a drone specifically designed to target Israel's major cities of Haifa
and Tel Aviv.

Taken together this clearly shows that Iran is continuing both its
pursuit of nuclear weapons and its worldwide campaign of terror against
Israel and the West. As such, it is indeed good news that, at least
today, it looks like the U.S. and European powers have come to the
realization that enriching Iran through a short and weak JCPOA 2.0 will
benefit no one, save Iran's terrorist regime, but that doesn't mean
we aren't going to continue being compelled to address Iran's malign
behavior.

Other News

Regular readers of the Action Update know that CUFI has been working to
ensure that Chicago-based financial services firm Morningstar does not
get away with infecting the life savings of American investors with BDS
via ESG (environmental, social, and governance) ratings. Since the
summer, Morningstar has been engaged in a crisis communications effort
trying to make the PR problem associated with their antisemitic approach
to investment go away.

They haven't succeeded, but CUFI was a little tired of the
disingenuous manner in which Morningstar was handling the entire
situation, so a CUFI staffer published an op-ed in the Times of Israel

exposing Morningstar's duplicitous effort in which he explained to the
Chicago firm that their, "entirely predictable crisis communications
strategy has not and will not work. We've been here before, we've
seen this play out before, and if you Google the terms BDS, Unilever
and/or Airbnb you'll know that we already know both your next move and
how this ends."

From the West Bank to Iran to Chicago, Israel and pro-Israel groups are
fighting on multiple fronts against the world's antisemites. And by
being a reader of this update and supporting the efforts of the CUFI
Action Fund, you're as much a part of this fight as any of the
Watchmen on Israel's walls. Thank you for taking the time to stay
informed about these issues, and as always, thank you for standing with
Israel.

Sincerely,

The CUFI Action Fund Team

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