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Describing the protection of Israel as a moral and national commitment, he was the first to introduce the concept of a 'special relationship' (as he described it to Golda Meir) between the U.S. and Israel. [40] President John F. Kennedy in 1962 sold Israel a major weapon system, the Hawk antiaircraft missile.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on the History of Israel Early history Prehistoric Levant Kebaran Mushabian Natufian Harifian Yarmukian Lodian Nizzanim Ghassulian Canaan Retjenu Habiru Shasu Late Bronze Age collapse Ancient Israel and Judah Iron Age I Israelites, Philistines 12th–10th centuries BCE United ...
Timeline of Israel history List of years in Israel This is a timeline of modern Israeli history , comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Israel and its predecessor entities from 1882 onward, along with important events in Jewish history and the history of Zionism from that year on.
Tensions raging since Middle Eastern state’s founding in May 1948 date back much further
Kennedy greets Golda Meir at the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1961. Kennedy firmly believed in the U.S. commitment to Israeli security, but his Middle Eastern policy saw ambitious Pan-Arabic initiatives of Gamal Abdel Nasser. In 1960, Kennedy stated: "Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave.
History reveals a far more complex relationship. Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. has not always backed Israel, and it has usually been able to influence Israeli policy. The relationship began ...
The state of Israel was nevertheless founded under prime minister David Ben-Gurion on 14 May 1948 with the end of the British Mandate, winning immediate recognition from the US and Soviet Union ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (February 2025) Visual History of Israel by Arthur Szyk, 1948 Part of a series on the History of ...