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
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
Lavon Affair
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The Lavon affair was a failed Israeli covert operation, codenamed Operation Susannah, conducted in Egypt in the summer of 1954. As part of a false flag operation, a group of Egyptian Jews were recruit
Israel–United States relations
…the world. Ben-Gurion never explained, in writing or orally, what led him to resign, beyond citing "personal reasons." It is widely believed that the Lavon Affair, a botched Israeli spy mission in Egypt, was the impetus for his resignation. He denied that his move was related to any specific policy issues, but…
Pinhas Lavon, Israeli defence minister
Meir Max Bineth