Since the conclusion of the Operation Rising Lion and the American attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, the Middle East has changed even more than we could have fathomed even a few years ago. Nonetheless, freedom’s enemies are down but not out. Moreover, as all these world-changing events have been taking place, CUFI held its annual Washington Summit and Prime Minister Netanyahu visited Washington. Let’s get into it.

In just 12 days, the Israeli Air Force kneecapped Iran’s nuclear and military facilities, laid waste to numerous elements of the Islamic Regime’s instruments of tyranny and paved the way for American aircraft to devastate the final remaining Iranian nuclear sites. Here’s where things stand.

As our readers surely know, last week, Israel commenced Operation Rising Lion and has been engaged in that effort ever since. Iran’s response has been to fire ballistic missiles and drones at Israeli population centers. Twenty-four Israelis have been killed; more than 500 have been wounded. All of this takes place as Israel has lost multiple soldiers in recent days fighting in Gaza, where there remain 53 Israeli hostages. 

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump met at Camp David with some of America’s top military and defense officials. The topic of conversation was Iran. On Monday, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump spoke for 40 minutes by phone. The Middle East is at a tipping point; let’s dive in.

In the past week, we’ve seen a heinous terrorist attack on a pro-Israel event in Boulder, Colorado and witnessed assurances that we were nearing a (strong) agreement with Iran and an appropriate agreement with Hamas over the hostages falter.  As such, in this week’s edition of the Action Update, we’re going to talk about promises.

Today marks 600 days since the October 7^th Massacre. Six hundred days of hell for the 58 remaining hostages and their families. Six hundred days of war for a country that only desires peace. As Israel continues Operation Gideon’s Chariots, we pray for the immediate release of the hostages and the swift destruction of the barbarians who took them.