Author: Kelly Jackson

In the days following the 10/7 Massacre, among the numerous heartbreaking moments that took place when we began to understand the scale of the horror, there was a stark question asked inside our office: how does one discuss these horrors without being grotesque?

On Monday, the nation of Israel and righteous individuals around the world commemorated the horrific 10/7 Massacre. Like many of you, each of us at the Action Fund, participated in such events both individually and professionally. And like many of you, we are angry, we are heartbroken, and unyieldingly resolved to ensure the people of Israel know they are not alone. 

Never Forget

We must bear witness. We must confront those who distort history and ensure that it is not forgotten.

More than 100 innocent, emaciated, and tortured people are currently being held in Hamas’s dungeons, deep in the tunnels of Gaza. Since that fateful day, which saw more than 1,200 innocent children of God brutally murdered, more than 350 of Israel’s bravest and finest have died confronting the barbarian terrorists who, until recently, ruled Gaza. 

Since October 8, Hezbollah, based in southern Lebanon and backed by billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian weapons, and technology, has launched near-daily rocket attacks against northern Israel. Dozens of Israelis have been killed – men, women, children – as missiles know no distinction. Hezbollah’s incessant rocket fire has forced more than 60,000 Israelis to flee their homes for over a year. Thousands of acres of Israel’s lush, northern forests and farmland have been burnt.  

We will never forget. We will not stand idly by. We will not be silent.

Never Again

This war will not end until the hostages are released, Hamas is vanquished, and every Israeli is safe to live in every inch of the Jewish people’s ancient and ancestral homeland – the state of Israel. 

The consistent, almost obsessive, appeasement of the Islamic Republic of Iran by multiple American administrations is what brought us to this moment. The astounding, moral incompetence of fringe members of Congress has only served to aid and abet Iran’s radical Islamist imperialist agenda.  And the grotesque displays of support for terrorism that we have witnessed on campus save no lives and end no wars. Quite the opposite: every single person who has rallied in support of Hamas or in opposition to Israel’s sovereign, right to self-defense has prolonged this conflict and increased the bloodshed.  

The world can either accept Hamas and Hezbollah’s defeat at the hands of Israel, or it can watch it happen – the only difference is that if the world finally ceases to abandon its Jew-hatred, it’s treatment of Israel as a sub-human-state, Israel’s victory will come quicker, thereby saving lives. Either way, neither Israel nor her true friends will pay any heed to the appeasement advocates who have brought the Middle East to its breaking point. 

Never Back Down

Our eyes are open. Our mandate is clear. Christians United for Israel, stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Jerusalem regardless of what happens tomorrow, next week, next month, or next year, and we will ensure the United States does not abandon the world’s only Jewish state.

Like our brothers and sisters in Israel, We will not back down to anyone. We will ensure the United States Congress passes and the President of the United States signs whatever legislation is necessary to ensure the survival of the state of Israel and the defeat of our shared enemies.

On October 7, the world changed forever. Israel is still reeling, still mourning, and still fighting. But she is winning. Hamas is no longer a militarily effective entity. Hezbollah has seen more than half its leadership and much of its middle management killed or incapacitated. And Iran’s leaders are shaking in fear of what Jerusalem might do in response to Tehran’s unprecedented ballistic missile attack on Israel.

Israel is winning this war and will finish this war because, as the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Richard Goldberg put it the day Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike, “Israel is showing the world what can be, unburdened by what has been.”

Sincerely,

The CUFI Action Fund team

On Tuesday, Iran launched its most significant attack against Israel since the dawn of the Islamic Republic. More than 180 ballistic missiles were launched in a short period; 15 minutes later they were being intercepted by Israeli missile defense systems, with an assist from the American, Jordanian, and British armed forces.

Over the past two weeks, Israel has engaged in a series of preemptive attacks in an effort to decrease Hezbollah’s will and ability to continue its war against Israel. Simultaneously, the war in Gaza shows no signs of abating as Hamas has rejected every offer, even one that would’ve allowed the head of Hamas and his family safe passage out of Gaza.  Israel is at war on multiple fronts; here’s where things stand.

Last week, Israeli forces rescued Israeli citizen Farhan Al-Qadi from Hamas captivity. Tragically, less than a mile away, six hostages, including one who holds American citizenship, were executed, around the same day as Al-Qadi’s rescue.

At 5:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, Hezbollah planned to launch a significant assault on Israel using rockets, missiles and drones. At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, however, the Israeli Air Force launched scores of planes to preemptively attack Hezbollah’s launchers. Let’s dive in.

Some weeks, it’s tough to resist the urge to repeat ourselves. Admittedly this is a roundabout I told you so for many in power, but the simple truth is, we’d rather be wrong. We’d rather negotiations with Tehran and its henchman solve points of disagreement but given Iran’s nonnegotiable position that Israel must cease to exist, any agreements with evil’s modern incarnation will prove short-lived at best.  The only long-term solution to the current conflict(s) in the Middle East is regime change in Iran. 

Yesterday, Jews around the world commemorated Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the month of Av in the Hebrew calendar). For thousands of years, tragedy has befallen the Jewish people on this day. 

As 3,000 members of Christians United for Israel began gathering in our nation’s capital last weekend for the annual CUFI Summit, we were met with news of a horrific Hezbollah missile attack that killed 12 people, mostly children, none older than 20. It was upon this tragic backdrop, of yet another terrorist abomination, that the Summit commenced.

Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress, but he comes to the United States at an exceptionally perilous moment for Israel, our own country, and the world at large.