American Presidents & Israel:
Dwight Eisenhower Administration

(1953 - 1961)

Presidents & Israel: Table of Contents | Quotes on Israel | Photos with Israeli Leaders

President Eisenhower & Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (Photo Ron Sachs)

• Biography
• The Eisenhower Doctrine

1960

• State Department Memo Regarding Visit to Suspected Israeli Nuclear Installation (December)

1957

• Exchanges with PM Ben-Gurion over Suez Situation (March)
• Letter Expressing Friendship to Ben-Gurion (March)
• Address to the American People on the Situation in the Middle East (February)
• Statement on Withdrawal of Israeli Troops Within Armistice Lines (February)

1956

• Letter To Ben-Gurion Asking Israel to Withdraw From Sinai (November)
• Message to Ben-Gurion During the Suez Campaign (October)
• Statement on the Middle East Including the Israeli Mobilization (October)
• Statement Rejecting the Use of Force (October)
• Exchange of Letters with Israeli PM Ben-Gurion (April)
• Israelis Report on Tour of U.S. Atomic Energy Facilities (April)

1955

• Message to Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver on the Near East Situation (November)
• Statement on Hostilities Between Israel and Egypt (November)
• Reaffirmation of the Tripartite Declaration (November)

1954

• Retention of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv (November)

1953

• The Johnston Mission (October)
• Statement Opposing Israeli Foreign Ministry Move to Jerusalem (July)

1952

• United States Objectives and Policies with Respect to the Arab States and Israel (April)

1951

• Progress Report on the Implementation of United States Policy toward Israel and the Arab States (January)