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American and Israeli agencies work together on counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and missile defense. Israeli intelligence has helped stop plots aimed at Americans both overseas and at home.
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The alliance, through the decades
The Western Wall, JerusalemThe last standing wall of the Second Temple compound, and the holiest site where Jews can pray. It sits in the heart of the Old City.
President Kennedy & Golda MeirPalm Beach, Florida, December 1962. This is where Kennedy first used the phrase “special relationship.” His administration had approved Israel’s first major American arms sale earlier that year: the HAWK missiles.
Tel Aviv’s Mediterranean ShoreIsrael’s commercial capital sits directly on the Mediterranean, with the beaches to match. It also holds one of the densest concentrations of tech start-ups anywhere.
The Chicago SkylineHome to CityPAC, and to one of the most active pro-Israel communities in the country.
President Nixon & Prime Minister MeirThe Oval Office, November 1, 1973, days after the Yom Kippur War ceasefire. During the fighting Nixon had ordered Operation Nickel Grass, the emergency American airlift that resupplied Israel.
The Bahá’í Gardens, HaifaNineteen terraces step down Mount Carmel toward Haifa’s bay. The gardens are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the spiritual center of the Bahá’í faith.
The Tel Aviv Skyline at NightThe Azrieli towers and the Ayalon Highway after dark. Tel Aviv earns its reputation for never shutting down.
President Reagan & Prime Minister BeginAt the White House for Begin’s state visit in September 1981. That November the two countries signed their first Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Cooperation.
The Washington MonumentAbove the National Mall. A few blocks east, Congress decides each year what American support for Israel actually looks like.
The Old City of SafedThe blue-painted alleys of Safed, high in the Galilee. Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah have been studied here for five centuries.
President Bush & Prime Minister SharonA joint White House appearance, April 14, 2004. Bush backed Israel’s Gaza disengagement plan and, in an accompanying letter, recognized the major Israeli population centers and rejected a Palestinian “right of return” into Israel.
Rothschild Boulevard, Tel AvivCafés and Bauhaus landmarks line the promenade that runs through the middle of Tel Aviv.
Jerusalem’s Old City WallsThe Israeli flag in front of the limestone walls of the Old City, a place holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
President Obama & Prime Minister NetanyahuThe Oval Office, March 5, 2012. The talks centered on Iran’s nuclear program, and Obama restated America’s commitment to Israel’s security.
Grant Park, ChicagoGrant Park and the Lake Michigan shoreline from the air. CityPAC operates a few blocks west of here.
The Tel Aviv WaterfrontSea kayaks on the sand below the Tel Aviv skyline.
President Biden & Prime Minister NetanyahuTel Aviv, October 18, 2023, eleven days after the Hamas attacks of October 7th. No sitting American president had visited Israel during a war before.
Jerusalem’s Umbrella StreetUmbrellas strung above a lane in downtown Jerusalem. The city is three thousand years old and still busy on a Thursday night.
President Trump & Prime Minister NetanyahuArriving at Ben Gurion Airport in October 2025, during a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire and hostage release. Trump addressed the Knesset the same day.
The Azrieli Center, Tel AvivThree towers shaped as a circle, a triangle, and a square. They anchor Tel Aviv’s financial district.
The National Mall, WashingtonThe Reflecting Pool and the Mall, stretching toward the Washington Monument.
The Chicago RiverA sightseeing boat on the Chicago River, downtown.
A Tel Aviv Beach in SummerSun umbrellas packed onto the sand on a summer afternoon.
The Gates of Jerusalem’s Old CityA street sign maps the gates and quarters of the walled Old City, lived in continuously for thousands of years.
Chicago’s LakefrontThe skyline across Lake Michigan. Chicago has one of the largest and most engaged pro-Israel communities in the Midwest.
A Tel Aviv ParkA park below the towers of Tel Aviv, the country’s largest city.
Union Station, WashingtonAmerican flags in the arches of Union Station, where most Chicago delegations arrive for a day on the Hill.
The Tel Aviv BoardwalkThe beachfront and its “Nonstop City” lifeguard station.
Herzl StreetNearly every Israeli town has one. Theodor Herzl was the Viennese journalist whose case for a Jewish state started modern Zionism.
The Camp David AccordsCarter with Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat at the White House, September 1978. The accords produced Israel’s first peace treaty with an Arab neighbor.
MasadaThe cliff-top fortress above the Dead Sea where Jewish rebels made their last stand against Rome. It is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
CaesareaA Roman aqueduct still standing on the shore. It carried water to King Herod’s port city two thousand years ago.
President Johnson & Prime Minister EshkolIsrael’s prime minister at the White House in 1964. Around this time the United States became Israel’s main supplier of advanced weapons.
The Dead SeaDawn over the lowest point on Earth. The minerals in the water support a sizable health and cosmetics industry.
Secretary Pompeo & Prime Minister NetanyahuJoint statements before a wall of American and Israeli flags in Jerusalem, 2020.
The U.S. Embassy in JerusalemFlags along the approach at the embassy’s opening in May 2018, when the United States recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Secretary Austin in IsraelThe Secretary of Defense in Israel in December 2023, restating America’s commitment to Israel’s security.
Secretary Blinken & Prime Minister NetanyahuA working meeting in Jerusalem in 2023, weeks after the October 7th attacks.
Speaker Pelosi & President RivlinThe Speaker of the House with Israel’s president in Jerusalem, 2022.
Senator Schumer & President HerzogThe Senate Majority Leader with Israel’s president in 2023, during a Senate delegation’s visit.
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Safer, stronger, and more prosperous together
Backing Our Service Members
American troops carry equipment developed in Israel, and American military medicine has adopted trauma techniques worked out there under fire.
Fueling Jobs & Growth
Trade and investment between the two countries support American jobs and put new technology in the hands of U.S. companies, including manufacturers here in the Midwest.
Expanding the Circle of Peace
The Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel and four Arab states. That happened because the United States was in the room, and more agreements are possible on the same footing.
Allies in Democracy
Israel holds free elections, keeps an independent judiciary, and puts up with a press that is often brutal toward its own government. Arab and Jewish citizens vote in the same elections.
Breakthroughs for Everyday Life
Israel recycles more of its wastewater than any other country on earth, and it exports the technology that makes that possible. Joint research programs move work like this into American hospitals, farms, and utilities.
Illinois has a direct stake in this relationship.
A quantum hubThe Israeli firm Quantum Machines is opening a flagship hub at the Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park in Chicago, the largest quantum campus in North America.
Research partnersThe Weizmann Institute and the Technion work with the University of Chicago’s Chicago Quantum Exchange. Tel Aviv and Hebrew Universities work with the University of Illinois’s Discovery Partners Institute.
Israel’s Midwest homeIsrael runs its government economic mission to the American Midwest out of Chicago.
$6.5B in tradeIllinois has exported more than $6.5 billion in goods to Israel since 1996.
Made in Rolling MeadowsNorthrop Grumman’s Rolling Meadows plant builds LITENING targeting pods and the infrared countermeasures that protect military aircraft and helicopters, a product line born out of a partnership with Israeli industry.
An Illinois supply chainSecurity assistance to Israel is spent almost entirely in American factories. Illinois suppliers, from Woodward in Loves Park to machine shops across the state, build components for the aircraft programs those dollars buy.
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