Pray that the Trump Administration’s foreign policy will reflect the heart of God for Israel.

This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people. (Heb. 8:10)

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“’An unidentified guest uses a Trump Hotel branded umbrella as she walks into the West Wing of the White House,’ read the caption of an Associated Press photo in the Washington Examiner picturing an attractive young woman whose face is becoming increasingly familiar in Washington political circles.

Sandy Hagee Parker is the chairwoman of Christians United for Israel Action Fund (CUFI), the lobbying arm of the largest pro-Israel organization in the country. An accomplished attorney, she is also the daughter of Pastor John Hagee, founder and chairman of the influential Israel advocacy group.

According to a CUFI source close to the situation, Ms. Parker came to the White House with her father, as well as her mother Diana Hagee, CUFI director David Brog and CUFI Action Fund Washington director Gary Bauer.

‘As part of our growing relationship with the administration, CUFI leadership met with Vice President Pence and visited with the president,’ the source told the Haym Salomon Center. ‘The meeting with the vice president was off the record, but the principals discussed working together to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship, and CUFI leadership reiterated the central importance of this issue to our near 3.5 million members.’

And it’s precisely that rapidly growing membership that makes CUFI a unique advocate for Israel that policymakers cannot afford to ignore.

Prior to Inauguration Day, the organization’s perspective was considered idealistic and even irrational. But a tectonic shift occurred on Jan. 20, and idealistic became realistic. . . .

As a Christian organization, CUFI’s perspective sets it apart from other pro-Israel groups. Jason Stverak, CUFI Action Fund’s legislative director, is a former head of the North Dakota Republican Party. Mr. Stverak’s political experience coupled with his Christian perspective is a combination that most members of Congress can relate to.

Unlike the status quo in Washington, CUFI doesn’t concern itself with Israel’s internal politics. Pastor Hagee told the Haym Salomon Center in October 2015, ‘We will support whoever the Israeli people elect to be their prime minister. We are behind Israel and the Jewish people. We also don’t live in Israel, we don’t have to deal with rockets raining down from Gaza or attacks from the West Bank. America cannot dictate how Israel protects itself.’” (Excerpted from The Washington Times, commentary by Paul Miller.)