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[image: In this Issue] * * - *Brog's Blog <#128f100cf61f282d_BROG>** * - *Israel and Middle East News* <#128f100cf61f282d_news> - CUFI In the News <#128f100cf61f282d_NEWS> - *Sponsor a Student <#128f100cf61f282d_sponsor>* - *Register for the Summit <#128f100cf61f282d_Summit>* - *Calendar of CUFI Events* <#128f100cf61f282d_events> - *Join CUFI on Facebook <#128f100cf61f282d_facebook>* - *Become a Congregational Representative* <#128f100cf61f282d_rep> - *Subscribe to The Torch* <#128f100cf61f282d_torch> *CUFI holds hundreds of pro-Israel events every year. We pray that you will join us at one in your city.* *Irvine, CA - The Case For Israel - June 3<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107582> * *Orange County, CA - Pastors' Luncheon - June 3*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107542> *Lapeer, MI - Stand With Israel - June 7<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107801> * *San Luis Obispo, CA - Pastors' Lunch - June 8<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107621> * *San Luis Obispo, CA - Standing With Israel - June 8*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107622> *Tallahassee, FL - Standing With Israel - June 9*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar/1099320449?view=Detail&id=107841> *Garfield Heights, OH - Pastors' Lunch - June 10*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107864> *Boardman, OH - Standing With Israel - June 11*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107865> *Frankfort, KY - Pastors' Lunch - June 14*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107861> *Frankfort, KY - Standing With Israel - June 14*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107862> *Jamaica / Queens, NY - Pastors' / Ministry Leaders Luncheon - June 14*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107741> *Brooklyn, NY - Standing With Israel - June 16*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107863> *Osage Beach, MO - Standing With Israel - June 20*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107601> * * <http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107602>* **Ste. Genevieve, MO - Standing With Israel - June 23*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107602> *Edmond, OK - Standing With Israel - June 24, 2010*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107821> *Conway, AR - Pastors' Brunch - June 26*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107603> *Conway, AR - Stand With Israel - June 26*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107604> *Espanola, NM - Pastors' Lunch - June 28*<http://www.cufi.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=107681> [image: See Calendar]<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=w86ZKy7BLk0dBzI3x7DKEg..> [image: Facebook] <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=vOodFfzI22nfyV7aiMtUzg..> Do you want to be more connected to CUFI? Or to know when a CUFI event is happening in your neighborhood? CUFI's page on Facebook features daily news updates from the Middle East, event notifications, opinion pieces and much more. *Click HERE* <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=6uP6QvkuKcRwncZCIy6MVg..>to become a fan of CUFI on Facebook today! [image: Congregational Representative]<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=9zSubKrzW8xYX0F8S1VtgQ..> The Congregational Representative Program will enable you to help your church do more for Israel. We ask you to prayerfully consider applying to become a CUFI Congregational Representative. Please click here for more information. <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=-4kERM9dx4M24Bzfg-5Ddg..> [image: Reource Center]<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=wVE0eyub2T9_z8Ei-hgVgw..> CUFI's Resource Center has exciting interactive tools to help you learn, take action, and help spread the message about the importance of christians standing with Israel. *Click here<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=wN-HL1pb3j4XNUJy72GqZA..>to learn more. * [image: THE TORCH] <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=hcffJoJ-i46IHqnLBY9G3w..> The Torch, CUFI's magazine, will assist you in becoming better informed about Israel and the Middle East. *To subscribe to The Torch **click here<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=2mg5AwEUXA0qJbWglPM94g..> ** <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=STrGHNuZaiYk7zNmdrt2_A..>or call 210-477-4714.* <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=vrOKIj41oM1nDGrxOEZHaw..> <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=1ynrtLmasNLeCM2ppmUBsQ..> *M**ay 31, 2010* [image: Brog's Blog] <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=CAMY3QhfhlJOyX4mrh1KgQ..> *Here we go again* Like most of you, I awoke this morning to the disturbing news that Israeli commandos had raided a flotilla of “peaceful” ships trying to bring food to the residents of Gaza. In their “brazen” assault, the Israelis had killed at least ten “peace activists.” Oh no, I feared, perhaps some of those young Israeli soldiers finally snapped under the pressure. This time, they went too far. They had spilled the blood of those who had chosen the path of peace. * * Then the facts of what actually happened began to emerge. As they did so, it became increasingly apparent that the Israelis had acted in self defense, after repeated attempts to avert violence had been ignored. And it also became clear that once again Israel’s side of the story was neither obvious nor simple. It takes an open mind and knowledge of the facts to understand what led to today’s tragedy at sea. Lacking both, most observers issued their guilty verdict against Israel the minute the death toll was announced. First of all, this “humanitarian” flotilla was, at best, a cynical PR stunt. There is no food shortage in Gaza. Israel maintains an open corridor for the transfer of food to Gaza, and this route is used daily by legitimate relief organizations including the United Nations and the Red Cross. Over the last 18 months, well over a million tons of humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza from Israel. This equals almost a ton of aid for every man, woman and child in Gaza. Secondly, the Israelis offered the flotilla a peaceful way to resolve the conflict Read complete article...<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=djrVbkh-kkzjRJxf0hX8ow..> Comment on Brog's Blog<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=kzuqbA8emrE0vN3MoFmMUg..> [image: ISRAEL AND MIDDLE EAST NEWS] *A brutal ambush at sea* Our Navy commandoes fell right into the hands of the Gaza mission members. A few minutes before the takeover attempt aboard the Marmara got underway, the operation commander was told that 20 people were waiting on the deck where a helicopter was to deploy the first team of the elite Flotilla 13 unit. The original plan was to disembark on the top deck, and from there rush to the vessel’s bridge and order the Marmara’s captain to stop. (Ron Ben-Yishai, YNet, May 31, 2010) Click here to read more...<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=pJE9f1K2p79MQcRudU1vGw..> *Facebook Meets the Flotilla* An old high school friend, who’s taken great exception to a couple of my most recent Jerusalem Post columns, has been telling me of late on my Facebook page how out of touch with American Jewry I am. He let loose again today. Here’s what he had to say: Hey Danny….yet again a misguided Israeli political and military mission with regard to Gaza that American Jewry will be asked to stand by and support. All over the news Israel will be referred to as “the Jewish State” as worldwide...(Daniel Gordis, www.danielgordis.org, May 31, 2010) Click here to read more...<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=OPvkYKwkHHhGGVpylvVakA..> [image: CUFI IN THE NEWS] *A Night to Honor Israel by Fredric Hayward Excerpts of an article that first appeared in The Sacramento Press on May 25, 2010* About 800 people cheered speeches, clapped to music, and celebrated a new era of Christian - Jewish relations on Sunday night. Eager African-American children and elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors waved Israeli and American flags. Whites, blacks, Asians and Hispanics basked in a glow of brotherhood. (See the previous story in this storyline.) The event was Sacramento’s fourth annual Night to Honor Israel, sponsored by Christians United for Israel (CUFI), and held at the Radisson Hotel. Click Here to read the original article <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=bhUeA50Dgpr1gXFJ5IQr2A..> [image: Sponsor a Student]<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=0YpFA0quMoHbCd0fENPhDA..> As you know, the Middle East is a dangerous neighborhood. Israel is surrounded by enemies bent on her destruction. But the troubling fact is that Israel is under attack right here in America. On college campuses across this country, Israel is being condemned as a racist, oppressive, apartheid regime. The minds of the next generation of American leaders are being poisoned against the Jewish state. And those few brave students willing to speak out for Israel face denunciation and ugly threats. We need to stand for Israel on America's college campuses! We need to raise up a generation of pro-Israel Christian campus activists! *We've found that bringing students to our Washington Summit is the most effective way of providing them with the vision, motivation, and education they need to become student activists.* We are offering scholarships for qualified student leaders to attend the Washington Summit -- it is the only way that most students can afford to join us. Please help us welcome them all! *Please consider investing in the next generation by sponsoring a student leader to attend the Summit.<http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=W-nbUrQ4RwOFCCNSGpVvkg..> * <http://www.cufi.org/site/R?i=ZJ5uoWJ4KMOkmla87EXK5w..>You can sponsor a student for $500. You can sponsor half a student’s scholarship for $250. You can contribute a quarter of a student’s scholarship for $125. Any amount you can give today will be used to train the future leaders of America’s government and America’s churches on the importance of supporting Israel. 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