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List of ambassadors of the United States to Israel

Ambassador Shapiro presents his credentials to President Peres, August 3, 2011

The United States ambassador to Israel is the official representative of the president of the United States to the head of state of Israel.

Until 1948 the area that is now the state of Israel had been under British administration as part of the League of Nations/United Nations British Mandate for Palestine. On May 14, 1948, the British government unilaterally terminated the mandate. On the same day, the Jewish Agency, under future Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, declared independence and named the country Israel. The United States immediately recognized the nation and moved to establish diplomatic relations. The first U.S. ambassador commissioned to Israel was James Grover McDonald, who presented his credentials to the government of Israel on March 28, 1949.[1] The ambassador holds the title Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

The embassy of the United States in Israel is located at 14 David Flusser Street in Jerusalem.

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

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Notes

  1. ^ "Israel". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  2. ^ Ambassador Keating had departed Tel Aviv on March 31, 1975 for consultations on the reassessment of American policy in the Middle East and died in New York on May 5.
  3. ^ Brown was commissioned during a recess of the Senate; his nomination of May 24, 1988 had not been acted upon by the Senate. He was recommissioned October 2, 1989 after confirmation.
  4. ^ "Swearing-In Ceremony for Dan Shapiro, Ambassador to Israel". United States Department of State. Archived from the original on 2011-10-18. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
  5. ^ "Stephanie Hallett replaces Tom Nides as US ambassador to Israel". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
  6. ^ Looker, Rachel (October 31, 2023). "Jack Lew confirmed as ambassador to Israel as the country's war rages on with Hamas". USA Today – via Yahoo! News.
  7. ^ "Chiefs of Mission for Israel". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2011-08-13.

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