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July 7, 2021 at 3:25 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund We want to let you in on a little secret. Some weeks the Action Update is harder to write than others. It’s not because there’s a lack of information, but rather because for certain events, capturing the sheer magnitude of it a…

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June 29, 2021 at 8:06 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund There’s been a flurry of activity since last week’s Action Update. Much of it centers around Iran. And not to get a head of ourselves or spoil the ending, but the Islamic Republic remains the Middle East’s most destabilizing re…

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June 24, 2021 at 7:55 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In this week’s Action Update, we discuss a mass murderer being elected to public office, renewed bipartisan efforts to combat the movement to Boycott, Divest from and Sanction (BDS) Israel, and highlight op-eds recently publish…

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June 15, 2021 at 4:24 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund 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 th…

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June 3, 2021 at 2:40 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), released a poll that was taken just prior to the recent conflict between Hamas and Israel. The poll, which surveyed 800 likely voters nationally and has a 3.46 margin of error, was…

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May 26, 2021 at 4:35 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week’s Action Update looks back at some of the obscene rhetoric we saw during the recent conflagration between Hamas and Israel, and assesses the consequences of that commentary in the context of the massive increase in anti…

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May 19, 2021 at 7:17 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund We’ve no doubt that even casual observers of the Middle East are aware that Israel is currently battling, yet again, against the Palestinian terrorist forces Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. As the terrorists hide behind innoc…

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May 10, 2021 at 5:56 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week’s Update focuses on events in Jerusalem. It often seems like the violence in the region ebbs and flows. Sadly, this isn’t because there is a day in which Palestinian leaders have randomly chosen to abandon their use of te…

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May 5, 2021 at 8:47 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Pardon us if this week’s Action Update feels like you’ve heard what we’re saying before. We assure our faithful readers that we’re not recycling old material. Sadly however, it appears the Biden administration is doing just that whe…

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April 27, 2021 at 2:59 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Golda Meir, who served as Israel’s Prime Minister from 1969–1974, once made a rather controversial statement, “Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.” The average Palestinian or Arab parent l…

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April 21, 2021 at 6:43 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund We start this week with the unwelcome but not-so-surprising news that hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer money is being sent to one of the of the UN’s worst programs. We also thought it worth mentioning that there is a real …

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April 15, 2021 at 4:18 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In this week’s Update we are pleased to open with some tremendous success on the state front. We’ll then delve into some recent events in the Middle East. And finally, we take a moment to reflect on the commemoration and celebration …

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April 7, 2021 at 3:23 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In this week’s Update, we focus on a core issue with the Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy: their failure to back up words with actions. This failure stretches into a number of arenas with which Israel’s supporters ar…

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March 31, 2021 at 2:57 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In recent weeks, the Update has been largely focused on events in Washington and state capitals around the country. This week, we broaden our view a bit and go from Washington to Ramallah, and from Tehran to Beijing, as we bring you t…

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March 25, 2021 at 6:10 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This edition of the Update could be titled the good, the bad, and the ugly, just not that in order. But no matter what the news, we offer it, straightforward, unvarnished and without hesitation. Colin Kahl Nomination Survives Over t…

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March 18, 2021 at 5:19 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In this week’s Action Update we focus on Iran and West Virginia. These two places are both literally and figuratively pretty far apart, but this week the Islamic Republic and the Mountain State sit at the nexus of American foreign po…

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February 24, 2021 at 3:42 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Over the past week, headline after headline emanating from Washington and the Middle East has caused us to do a double take. In this week’s Action Update, we’ll discuss developments which give further insight into what the Biden admi…

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February 16, 2021 at 4:00 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund As longtime readers of the Action Update know, there’s so much going in Washington during any given week that we generally avoid devoting an Update to one singular subject, let alone one singular individual. But this week, we’re devi…

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February 10, 2021 at 3:50 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In this week’s Action Update, we breakdown the implications (or lack thereof) of the Biden administration’s decision to re-engage the UN Human Rights Council. We also break down the implications (or lack thereof) of the International…

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February 3, 2021 at 7:00 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund At this point, to call Washington “broken” is so cliché that the phrase has virtually lost its meaning. Although, that does not mean it is unfixable or that we can’t work toward progress on vital policy issues in our nation’s capital…

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January 26, 2021 at 6:23 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Depending upon one’s priorities, the Iran nuclear agreement was the best of deals or the worst of deals. For Arabs, Israelis and their allies, the Iran nuclear agreement was the codification of a descent into Iranian hegemony and nucl…

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January 12, 2021 at 4:33 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week, given the mob attack on the Capitol building, we cannot offer a traditional Action Update. What happened last week was an attack on our nation, our Constitution, and for us at the Action Fund, our friends and colleagues. N…

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January 4, 2021 at 8:23 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Welcome back to Washington. We hope you enjoyed your time with your families, and we’re grateful to those of you who returned a little earlier than expected to ensure the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act became law. With the…

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December 16, 2020 at 12:43 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund As the year winds down, we have taken stock of what we’ve accomplished and what we are focusing on in the year to come. It’s beyond cliché to say that 2020 has been a year replete with challenges, but for Israel and for the Action Fun…

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December 2, 2020 at 5:20 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Over the past week, for better or worse, a lot people’s true colors concerning Israel and the Middle East have been exposed. To her credit, we saw a former US Ambassador to the UN seek to highlight a vital issue President Trump can re…

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November 25, 2020 at 4:39 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund With Thanksgiving around the corner, you’ll no doubt be receiving a host of emails letting you know what the groups and organizations in your world are thankful for. And frankly, we’re no different. We talked about it around the offic…

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November 18, 2020 at 8:24 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund It’s hard to believe that Election Day was just two weeks ago. But we’ve learned a lot since then, and with two Senate runoffs in Georgia, the 2020 election is not over yet. We are not a political organization – we choose to be focuse…

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November 11, 2020 at 5:43 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund 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, w…

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October 28, 2020 at 4:36 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This past Sunday, Cornerstone Church in San Antonio held their 40th annual Night to Honor Israel. Cornerstone is the home church of CUFI founder and Chairman Pastor John Hagee. Four decades ago, when Jews and Christians came together …

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October 21, 2020 at 6:14 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when you’ve been Facebook NATO official for a while. But when your partner’s been consistently disloyal, bullies your friends and is now publicly stepping out with your longtime nemesis, it’s time …

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October 14, 2020 at 5:48 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week, Irving Roth, a Holocaust survivor and educator featured in CUFI’s new documentary film Never Again?, penned an op-ed for Newsweek where he discusses his experiences in 1940’s Europe to make the point that hatred, which begin…

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October 7, 2020 at 2:40 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This past week served as a stark reminder that no matter what the world is focused on at any given moment, our adversaries do not relent and there is no lie they will not tell to advance their agenda. Since the most ludicrous item of t…

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October 1, 2020 at 12:08 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In recent weeks, we’ve seen the results of two diametrically opposite approaches to foreign policy play out. On the one hand, we’ve watched as history was made when the Abraham Accords were signed in Washington. On the other, we’ve see…

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September 23, 2020 at 3:44 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Regular readers of the Action Update know that Iran’s support for terror is so prevalent that it’s hardly even newsworthy anymore. The same goes for the Islamic Republic’s efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. And sadly, the internation…

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September 17, 2020 at 1:46 PM

The Action Update

An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week’s Action Update is being written just hours after CUFI’s founder and Chairman Pastor John Hagee, the CUFI Action Fund’s Chairwoman Sandra Parker, and several other CUFI staff were at the White House witnessing leaders fromIsrael, th…

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September 2, 2020 at 3:53 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Earlier this week it was reported that the French Minister of the Armed Forces, said, “Hezbollah is a legitimate political party.” In this week’s Action Update we’ll discuss recent events in Lebanon (spoiler alert: the French are wrong…

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August 25, 2020 at 4:01 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in the Middle East this week, where he is meeting with leaders in Israel as well as several Arab countries in the hopes of replicating the normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates and…

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August 19, 2020 at 12:34 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week’s Action Update could easily be dubbed the good news, bad news edition. Across the Middle East we saw truly historic events – some that fill us with joy, others that cause us to shake our heads in utter disappointment. But le…

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August 12, 2020 at 4:51 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund As we were sitting down to write last week’s Action Update, news was just coming out about the blast in Beirut. This week, we’ll share what’s been reported, and what we feel must come in the wake of this horrific tragedy. In addition, …

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July 29, 2020 at 4:29 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Over the past week, we’ve seen a whirlwind of activity both in Washington and Israel. These events remind us of the vital importance of ensuring our voice is heard loud and clear in our nation’s capital. Hezbollah Attack On Monday mor…

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July 22, 2020 at 7:58 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund On June 20th, the Department of Defense was mandated by law to report to Congress on the status of efforts of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to extricate Hezbollah from both its entrenched position in southern Lebanon and its infiltra…

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July 15, 2020 at 3:06 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This past week, we have seen a host of activity, including significant progress on our efforts to advance policy and impact the national conversation about Israel. Standing Up to the Anti-Zionists On Monday, CUFI founder and Chairman …

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July 8, 2020 at 4:16 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund When President Trump unveiled his much anticipated proposal for peace in the Middle East, he noted in his remarks, “As everyone knows, I have done a lot for Israel: moving the United States Embassy to Jerusalem; recognizing the Golan H…

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July 1, 2020 at 6:32 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week, tens of thousands of Americans tuned into to the 2020 Virtual Summit. We were thrilled to hear from a host of top leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, ambassadors David Friedma…

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June 25, 2020 at 2:39 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Beginning on Sunday, Christians United for Israel will be holding its annual summit – albeit virtually. Announced speakers include Secretary of State Pompeo, Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Rivlin, Ambassadors Friedman and Dermer, …

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June 18, 2020 at 4:20 PM

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Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund One of the cornerstones of the US-Israel relationship is that with American support, Israel can acquire the most advanced means in which to defend itself. American aid enables Israel to maintain a qualitative military edge in a turbule…

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June 10, 2020 at 10:01 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund In this week’s Action Update, we stroll through the Shia Crescent, from Iran to Lebanon, to discuss a whirlwind of issues relevant to U.S. national security and Israel. While we supported President Trump’s decision to rip up the Iran n…

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June 4, 2020 at 10:50 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund This week’s Action Update comes at an unprecedented time for our country. While we are a single issue organization, we are a Christian organization and cannot ignore the suffering and frustrations of our brethren. Christians United for…

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May 28, 2020 at 2:38 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Things are beginning to slowly return to normal in Washington, and as a result, elected officials and their staffs have had the breathing room to focus on items other than the novel coronavirus pandemic. In this week’s Action Update, we…

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May 20, 2020 at 8:15 PM

The Action Update

Preview An Update from CUFI Action Fund Support for democracy, the rule of law, and equal rights are not Republican or Democratic values. They are core Western principles, and they are among the values that underpin the US-Israel relationship. That is why this special alliance…

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