Foreign relations of Israel
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Foreign relations of Israel refers to diplomatic and trade relations between Israel and other countries around the world. Israel has diplomatic ties with 165 of the other 192 UN member states as of 12
The Israeli Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem
Israeli flag at the United Nations building in New York
Tzipi Livni shaking hands with Salam Fayyad, 2008
Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter and Anwar Sadat at Camp David
Since the 1960s, the relationship between Israel and the United States has grown into a close alliance in economic, strategic and military aspects. The U.S. has provided strong support for Israel; it
Foreign relations of Israel
…the expeditionary forces during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, and broke diplomatic relations with Israel the same year. As Cuba's enemy and a very close United States ally, Israel was the only country in the world that consistently sided with the U.S. blockade against Cuba. In late 2010, Fidel Castro, who at this time no…
A U.S. color guard bears the American and Israeli flags during a visit by Benny Gantz to the Pentagon, 2015
First American Consulate in Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (1857)
Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion meeting with U.S. representatives Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. and John F. Kennedy in 1951
Telegram on recognition of the State of Israel, May 1948