Formal U.S.-Israel Agreements

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Agricultural

May 3, 1962 — Agricultural commodities agreement with Memorandum of Understanding.

December 6, 1962 — Agricultural commodities agreement with Memorandum of Understanding (amended: December 24 and 30 1963; April 27 1964; June 23, 1964; July 6, 1964; May 26 and 27, 1965; June 22, 1965).

March 21, 1963 — Agreement providing agricultural commodities for the improvement and expansion of the school feeding program in Israel.

December 22, 1964 — Agricultural commodities agreement. (Note: From December 22, 1964-July 23, 1980, 24 agricultural commodities agreements were signed between the United States and Israel.)

October 25, 1977 — Agreement to establish the United States-Israel Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD).



Economic

December 7, 1951 — Agreement relating to assurances and economic assistance as authorized in the Mutual Security Act of 1951.

May 1, 1952 — Agreement relating to emergency economic assistance.

May 9, 1952 — Agreement relating to economic assistance.

June 9, 1952 — Agreement relating to the informational media guaranty program pursuant to section 111(b)(3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948.

August 8, 1952 — Agreement relating to the industrial investment guaranty program pursuant to section 111(b)(3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 (amended: September 7 and October 11, 1957; Februrary 20, 1963).

November 25, 1953 — Agreement relating to special economic assistance (amended January 31, 1955).

July 20, 1965 — Agreement relating to general procurement arrangements for goods and services.

July 26, 1965, Agreement relating to the purchase of various goods from Israel for sale in U.S. Navy ships’ stores overseas.

May 13, 1975 — Joint statement of the U.S.-Israel Joint Committee for Investment and Trade relating to expansion of economic cooperation.

November 20, 1975 — Convention for the advoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income (amended: January 26, 1993).

March 26, 1979 — Memorandum of Arrangement concerning an oil supply arrangement.

June 22, 1979 — Memorandum of Agreement concerning an oil supply arrangement, with related understanding.

May 30, 1980 — Protocol amending the convention with respect to taxes on income.

October 17, 1980 — Contingency implementing arrangements for the Memorandum of Agreement of June 22, 1979, concerning an oil supply arrangement, with related letter.

August 19, 1985 — Agreement on the establishment of a free trade area.

September 12, 1994 — Agreement on encouragement of investment.

December 30, 1994 — Convention with respect to taxes on income.

February 13, 1996 — Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the enforcement of securities laws.

March 15, 1999 — Agreement to cooperate in locating anti-trust activities and enforcing anti-trust legislation.

February 22, 2000 — Agreement concerning energy cooperation.



Education

June 22, 1962 — Agreement for financing certain educational exchange programs, with Memorandum of Understanding (amendments: March 21 and 23, 1967; January 10 and 30, 1985).

November 15, 1978 — Memorandum of Understanding to enhance and expand cooperative efforts in education.



Friendship

August 23, 1951 — Treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation, with protocol and exchange of notes.



Health

May 6, 1985 — Agreement for cooperation in the field of health. Amended and extended January 7, 1990.



Peace

February 27, 1976 — Memorandum of Agreement concerning assurances, consultations and United States policy on matters related to Middle East peace.

February 27, 1976 — Memorandum of Agreement concerning the United States role at any future Geneva peace conference.

March 26, 1979 — Memorandum of Agreement relating to assurances concerning Middle East peace.

March 26, 1979 — Agreement relating to the implementation of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.

October 1, 1982 — Agreement relating to privileges and immunities for United States military members and civilian observers of the Multinational Force and Observers on leave in Israel.

October 31, 1998  — Memorandum of agreement concerning ballistic missile threats.



Publications

February 19, 1950 — Agreement relating to the exchange of official publications.

May 4, 1950 — Agreement relating to reciprocal copyright relations.



Scientific & Technical

June 13, 1950 — Air transport agreement (amended: January 5, 1987; protocol: August 16, 1978).

February 26, 1951 — General agreement for technical cooperation (amended June 21, 1954).

December 19, 1960 — Agreement providing for a grant to assist in the acquisition of certain nuclear research and training equipment and materials.

May 21, 1963 — Agreement relating to radio communication facilities at or near Embassy sites for transmission of official messages.

August 6, 1965 — Agreement relating to radio communications between amateur stations on behalf of third parties.

June 15, 1966 — Agreement relating to the reciprocal granting of authorizations to permit licensed amateur radio operators of either country to operate their stations in the other country.

May 22, 1968 — Agreement relating to a cooperative meteorological program in support of the Rawisonde observation station at Bet Dagan.

July 23, 1968 — Agreement relating to the reciprocal acceptance of certificates of airworthiness for imported aircraft.

September 27, 1972 — Agreement on the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (BSF).

March 3, 1976 — Agreement establishing the Israel-United States Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD).

April 8, 1977 — Agreement continuing in effect safeguards and guarantee provisions of the agreement of July 12, 1955 (as amended), for cooperation concerning civil uses of atomic energy.

January 24, 1983 — International express mail agreement with detailed regulations.

January 27, 1983 — Memorandum of Agreement relating to technical assistance in developing and improving air traffic operation in the Ben-Gurion Airport.

April 11, 1983 — Agreement for the exchange of technical information and cooperation in nuclear safety matters.

June 3, 1984 — Agreement on cooperation in energy research and development.

May 1, 1985 — Memorandum of Understanding concerning the installation, operation and maintenance of a seismic station.

February 1985 — Memorandum of Understanding with NASA for joint research projects in the area of satellite-ground station laser ranging.

October 14, 1986 — Agreement to exchange technical and scientific information regarding space research (extended October 1989).

May 27, 1987 — Agreement in basic energy sciences.

June 18, 1987 — Agreement for the operation of a radio relay station in Israel.

November 5, 1987 — Memorandum of Understanding concerning the operation of the INTELPOST service, with details of implementation.

February 17, 1988 — Agreement for the establishment and operation of a radio relay station in Israel. (Terminated November 3, 1994)

July 11, 1988 — Agreement for the exchange of technical information and cooperation in nuclear safety matters.

June 5, 1989 — Memorandum of Understanding covering marine and freshwater scientific and technical cooperation.

September 8, 1989 — Memorandum of Understanding regarding transfers of materials, supplies and equipment for cooperative research and development programs.

February 8, 1990 — Memorandum of Understanding on scientific and technical cooperation in the field of water resources development.

June 11, 1990 — Agreement extending the agreement of June 3, 1984, as extended, on cooperation in energy research and development.

September 30, 1990 — Memorandum of cooperation for the technical field of aviation security.

February 20, 1991 — Memorandum of Understanding concerning cooperation in the field of environmental protection.

June 26, 1991 — Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in scientific exchanges and workshops.

January 18, 1994 — Memorandum of Understanding concerning a U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Commission.

March 24, 1995 — Agreement for cooperation in the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program.

February 1, 1996 — Agreement concerning energy cooperation.

October 2, 1996 — Agreement for cooperation in the peaceful use of space.



Security & Defense

July 23, 1952 — Agreement relating to mutual defense assistance.

October 23, 1975 — Agreement regarding payment for tooling costs of accelerated production of M-60A1 tanks.

April 6, 1979 — Agreement concerning construction of air base facilities.

April 6, 1979 — Agreement concerning funding of air base facilities.

December 10, 1982 — General security of information agreement.

November 29, 1983 — Agreement creating the Joint Political Military Group and Joint Security Assistance Program.

December 14, 1987 — Memorandum of Agreement concerning the principles governing mutual cooperation in research and development, scientist and engineer exchange, and procurement and logistic support of defense equipment, with annexes and attachment.

April 21, 1988 — Memorandum of Agreement regarding joint political, security and economic cooperation.

May 24, 1988 — Mutual logistic support agreement.

April 1989 — Memorandum of Agreement between the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization and Israel’s Defense Ministry to develop a $35 million computer facility as part of the Arrow missile program.

September 8, 1989 — Memorandum of Understanding regarding transfers of materials, supplies and equipment for cooperative research and development programs.

January 22, 1991 — Agreement on the status of United States personnel.

June 1991 — Agreement pertaining to the Arrow Continuation Experiments (ACES), the second stage of the joint U.S.-Israel Arrow missile program.

October 18, 1991 — Memorandum of Understanding for a loan of a multi-sensor integrate system for the purpose of test and evaluation.

November 28, 1991 — Agreement on cooperation to combat illicit narcotics trafficking and abuse.

April 30, 1996 — Counterterrorism cooperation accord to enhance capabilities to deter, prevent, respond to and investigate international terrorist acts or threats of international terrorist acts against Israel or the United States.

July 18, 1996 — Memorandum of Agreement concerning the tactical high energy laser (THEL) advanced concept technology demonstration (ACTD).

April 30, 1996 — Counterterrorism cooperation accord

September 3, 1996 — Agreement for technology research and development projects.

January 28, 1998 — Treaty on mutual assistance in criminal matters.

February 10, 1998 — Acquisition and cross-servicing agreement with annexes.



Social Services

January 16, 1984 — Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the fields of social sciences and human development (extension: September 23 and October 28, 1988).

November 6, 1986 — Agreement to promote cooperation in the field of labor (renewed March 1992).



Miscellaneous

June 1, 1951 — Agreement relating to the issue of visas to authorized crew members of aircraft operated by air carriers designated by Israel and the United States.

March 2, 1955 — Agreement providing for the reciprocal waiver of nonimmigrant passport visa fees.

December 10, 1962 — Convention relating to extradition.

December 17, 1980 — Agreement concerning claims arising from damage to the United States ship "Liberty."

October 1, 1982 — Agreement relating to privileges and immunities for U.S. military members and civilian observers of the Multinational Force and Observers on leave in Jerusalem.

October 3, 1985 — Agreement relating to the employment of dependents of official government employees.

January 18, 1989 — Land lease and purchase agreement for construction of diplomatic facilities. (Modified: April 10, 1989, Amended: January 7, 1995).

January 9, 1989 — Postal money order agreement.

January 22, 1991 — Agreement on the status of Israeli personnel; agreement on the status of U.S. personnel.

May 16, 1996  — Agreement regarding mutual assistance in customs matters.

Sources: State Department Treaty Information Office, Department of Defense and relevant agencies.