by Paul Guisande
(POCATELLO, Id) — The largest CUFI Leadership Summit to date took place in San Antonio, Texas on February 10, 2020. The Leadership Summit is an annual gathering of CUFI’s top leaders. During the event, leaders from across the country hear from officials, dignitaries and experts on a wide range of topics relevant to U.S. policy in the Middle East, combating anti-Semitism and strengthening the U.S. Israel relationship. With more than 8 million members, Christians United for Israel is the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States and one of the leading Christian grassroots movements in the world. CUFI spans all fifty states and reaches millions with its educational message. Violent anti-Semitism is rising across the country; it is increasing in both prevalence and violence in the U.S. and around the world. Christians United for Israel – is fighting back and has produced NEVER AGAIN (A cutting-edge, feature-length documentary to expose and combat increasing violence and bigotry). The film seeks to educate a new generation about the history and horrors of anti-Semitism. Viewers will be guided on this journey by a Holocaust Survivor and a former radical Islamist and will learn about history and come to understand why all of us have a holy and solemn responsibility to keep the promise of NEVER AGAIN! Watch this movie trailer at the web site: http://neveragainthemovie.org NEVER AGAIN premieres in 800 theaters nationwide for two nights only Oct. 13 and 14 at 7p.m., local time. The documentary is distributed through Fathom Events. CUFI founder and Chairman Pastor John Hagee. “Anti-Semites have used the fertile ground of ignorance to grow their malicious ideology. If we are to stem the tide, we must inoculate the next generation against the world’s oldest hatred by empowering them with knowledge and reaching them with a message of unity. If we are to fulfill the promise of Never Again, we cannot allow the memory of the Holocaust to fade.” CUFI Leaders Applaud President Trump for Signing Executive Order Combating Anti-Semitism December 12, 2019 WASHINGTON – (CUFI) Applauded President Trump for issuing an executive order adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti Semitism for the purposes of government agencies tasked with enforcing Title VI. CUFI founder and Chairman Pastor John Hagee personally thanked President Trump for signing the executive order on behalf of CUFI leadership and its more than seven million members: “I have an exciting announcement to make. On behalf of the leadership of Christians United for Israel, and our more than seven million members, I would like to personally thank the Trump administration for issuing today’s executive order which adopts the State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism. What President Trump did today is historically important. You cannot defeat what you will not define. You cannot change what you’re unwilling to confront. So, thank you, Mr. President for confronting the scourge of anti-Semitism head on. Thank you for issuing this executive order, which will protect our Jewish brothers and sisters and continues the United States’ vital partnership with the state of Israel and its people.” CUFI has sought to advance the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, which is expanded upon and mirrored by the executive order, since Sandra Parker testified on the matter before the House Judiciary Committee in 2017. Since that time, CUFI has consistently worked in support of the measure, and its leaders have authored several op-eds addressing the issue, including one as recently as last month. “Countries around the world adopted the IHRA’s definition while our leaders in Washington were too paralyzed to do so. I and CUFI’s 7 million members are very grateful to the President for his unequivocal stance on this vital issue,” Hagee added. “At a time of extreme partisanship, the Anti Semitism Awareness Act enjoyed widespread bipartisan support but not even that enabled the legislation to overcome the gridlock on Capitol Hill. It is astonishing to me that Congress dithered with meaningless resolutions while violent anti-Semitic incidents were surging across the country, but it is precisely because of such Congressional paralysis that President Trump’s executive order is the right and necessary path to adopting the IHRA’s definition,” Parker said.
