Christians United For Israel Washington Summit 2011

Christians United for Israel’s sixth annual Washington Summit was the largest and most successful to date. The over 5,000 CUFI members in attendance heard from prominent pro-Israel national and international figures, including a live satellite address from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Summit’s Night to Honor Israel featured remarks from Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, Pastor John Hagee, and Glenn Beck. Beck gave an impassioned and stirring speech expressing steadfast support for Israel. “Each of us will be judged as a people and a nation by how we treat Israel,” he said. Following two days of pro-Israel education and advocacy training, CUFI members went to Capitol Hill and held hundreds of meetings with their elected representatives, including the Congressional leadership offices on both sides of the aisle in both houses. They asked their elected officials to oppose the unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state at the UN, and to support security aid to Israel and tougher sanctions against Iran.

CUFI is proud to report that over the last week, 17 additional Members of Congress became co-sponsors of The Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011 and 9 new Senators signed on as co-sponsors of The Iran, North Korea and Syria Sanctions Consolidation Act of 2011. In addition, leaders of the House Appropriations Committee announced yesterday that they intend to keep U.S. security aid to Israel at the full level CUFI requested – $3.075 billion.

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