Visits to U.S. By Leaders of Israel
(1948 - 2021)
U.S.-Israel: A Special Alliance|American Public Opinion Polls on Israel|American Presidents & Israel
| Visitor | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| President Chaim Weizmann | Met with President Truman. (Was in New York City when elected.) Left U.S. May 26. | May 24–25, 1948 |
| President Weizmann | Met with President Truman April 25. In the U.S. April 13–May 5; visited New York City. | April 24–26, 1949 |
| Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion | Goodwill visit and promotion of Israel Bonds. Also visited Knoxville (Tennessee), New York City, West Point (New York), Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), Princeton (New Jersey), Baltimore (Maryland), Boston (Massachusetts), Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), Chicago (Illinois), Detroit (Michigan), Cleveland (Ohio), Los Angeles (California). Departed U.S. May 31. | May 3–8, 1951 |
| Prime Minister Ben-Gurion | Unofficial visit. In U.S. March 8–16; visited Boston (Massachusetts) and New York City | March 9–13, 1960 |
| Prime Minister Ben-Gurion | Unofficial visit. In U.S. May 28–June 1. Met with President Kennedy in New York City; also visited Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). | May 30, 1961 |
| President Zalman Shazar | Attended funeral of President Kennedy. | November 24–25, 1963 |
| Prime Minister Levi Eshkol | Official visit. In U.S. May 31–June 11, visited Philadelphia, New York City, Cape Kennedy (Florida), Houston and El Paso (Texas), Los Angeles, and Chicago. | June 1–3, 1964 |
| President Zalman Shazar | In U.S. July 28–August 4; visited New York City. Informal meeting with President Johnson. | August 2–3, 1966 |
| Prime Minister Levi Eshkol | Informal visit at LBJ Ranch. In U.S. January 4–12; visited New York City. | January 7–9, 1968 |
| Prime Minister Golda Meir | Official visit. In U.S. September 24–October 5. Private visit to Washington September 27–28; then visited New York City, Los Angeles, and Milwaukee. | September 25–26, 1969 |
| Prime Minister Golda Meir | Private visit. In U.S. September 16–20; visited New York City. | September 18, 1970 |
| Prime Minister Golda Meir | Attended White House dinner on 25th Anniversary of the UN. | October 24, 1970 |
| Prime Minister Golda Meir | Private visit. Also visited New York City. Departed U.S. Dec. 12. | December 2–6, 1971 |
| President Zalman Shazar | Attended memorial services for former President Truman. | January 5, 1973 |
| Prime Minister Golda Meir | Private visit. In U.S. February 26–March 8. | March 1, 1973 |
| Prime Minister Golda Meir | Private working visit and discussion of the Middle East Crisis. | November 1, 1973 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Official visit. Afterwards visited New York City. | September 10–13, 1974 |
| President Ephraim Katzir | Private visit. | March 3, 1975 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Official visit. Afterwards visited New York City. | June 10–13, 1975 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Official visit. In U.S. January 26–February 5; visited Philadelphia, New York City, Detroit, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Addressed U.S. Congress January 28. | January 27–30, 1976 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Official working visit. Afterwards visited Miami. | March 6–9, 1977 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official working visit. | July 18–21, 1977 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Private visit. In U.S. December 14–19; visited New York City. | December 16–17, 1977 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official visit. | March 21–23, 1978 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Private visit. Met with President Carter on May 1. | April 30–May 7, 1978 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official visit (Camp David summit talks). | September 3–19, 1978 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Informal meeting in New York City. | November 2, 1978 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official visit. Departed U.S. March 8. | March 1–4, 1979 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official visit. Signed Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty March 26. | March 23–29, 1979 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official visit. | April 14–17, 1980 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Private visit. Met with President Carter November l3. | November 9–18, 1980 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official visit; visited New York City. Departed U.S. September 15. | September 8–11, 1981 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Official working visit. Addressed UN Special Session on Disarmament June l8. | June 20–22, 1982 |
| Prime Minister Menachem Begin | Private visit to New York City and Los Angeles. Meeting scheduled November 19 with President Reagan cancelled. | November 11–14, 1982 |
| President Yitzhak Navon | Official working visit; visited Baltimore. Private visit afterward to Boston. | January 4–7, 1983 |
| President Chaim Herzog | Private visit. Addressed UN General Assembly. Met with President Reagan November 22. | November 16–23, 1983 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterward. | November 27–30, 1983 |
| Prime Minister Shimon Peres | Official working visit. | October 8–10, 1984 |
| Prime Minister Shimon Peres | Private Visit. Met with President Reagan October 17. | October 16–18, 1985 |
| Prime Minister Shimon Peres | Private Visit. Met with Vice President Bush April 1. | March 31–April 3, 1986 |
| Prime Minister Shimon Peres | Official Working Visit. | September 14–16, 1986 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Official Working Visit. In New York City February 16; Private visit to Los Angeles afterward. | February 17–20, 1987 |
| President Chaim Herzog | State visit. Addressed joint meeting of U.S. Congress November 10. Afterwards visited New York City and Waltham (Mass.). Departed U.S. November 15. | November 9–12, 1987 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Met with President Reagan during a private visit. | November 20, 1987 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Official Working Visit. Private visit to Los Angeles afterwards. | March 14–17, 1988 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Official Visit. | April 5–7, 1989 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Met with President Bush during a private visit. Visited New York until November 21. | November 14–15, 1989 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir | Met with President Bush during a private visit. Arrived in the U.S. Nov. 15; departed Nov. 24. Also visited Baltimore, Los Angeles, Boston, and New York City. | November 21–22, 1991 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Informal meeting with President Bush at Kennebunkport, Me. Afterwards visited Washington (Aug. 12–13) and New York City. | August 10–11, 1992 |
| President Chaim Herzog | Met with President Bush during a private visit. | November 16, 1992 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Private Visit. Afterwards visited New York City. Departed the U.S. March 18. | March 15–17, 1993 |
| President Chaim Herzog | Attended dedication of the Holocaust Memorial Museum and met with President Clinton on April 21. | April 21–22, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Signed Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles. | September 13, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Also visited New York City. | November 11–16, 1993 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Official working visit. | March 15–16, 1994 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Signed the Washington Declaration and addressed a Joint Session of the Congress. | July 24–26, 1994 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. Arrived in the U.S. Nov. 16; also visited Los Angeles, Denver, New York City. | November 20–21, 1994 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | May 5–8, 1995 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Attended signing of Israeli- Palestinian Interim Agreement. Afterwards visited New York. | September 28–30, 1995 |
| Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | October 25, 1995 |
| Prime Minister Shimon Peres | Official working visit. Arrived in the U.S. Dec. 10; Attended memorial service for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in New York City. Addressed Joint Session of Congress. | December 10–12, 1995 |
| Prime Minister Shimon Peres | Signed missile defense cooperation and anti- terrorism agreements. Met with PLO Chairman Arafat. | April 28–30, 1996 |
| Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Official working visit. Addressed Joint Session of Congress. Later visited New York City. Departed the U.S. July 13. | July 9–11, 1996 |
| Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Private visit. Afterwards visited New York City. | September 6, 1996 |
| Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Attended Middle East Summit Meeting. | September 30–October 2, 1996 |
| Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Official working visit. | February 12–14, 1997 |
| Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Met with President Clinton during a private visit. | April 7–8, 1997 |
| President Ezer Weizman | Official working visit. | October 5–9, 1997 |
| Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu | Working visit. Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton. | January 19–21, 1998 |
| Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu | Working visit. Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat. | September 28–29, 1998 |
| Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu | Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton and Palestinian Authority President Yasir Arafat in Washington and at Wye Plantation, Maryland, Signed Wye River Memorandum at the White House on October 23. Private visit. | October 15–23, 1998 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Official working visit. Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton in Washington and Camp David (Maryland). Also visited New York City. | July 14–20, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Private visit. Peace negotiations with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa. | December 14–17, 1999 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Private visit and peace negotiations with Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Sharaa at Shepherdstown, W.Va. | January 3–10, 2000 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Working visit during Middle East peace negotiations. | April 11, 2000 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Private visit. Middle East peace conference at Camp David, MD with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasir Arafat. Also visited Gettysburg, PA. | July 12–25, 2000 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Met with President Clinton at the UN Millenium Summit in New York City. | September 6–9, 2000 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Barak | Working visit. Discussed the Middle East peace process with President Clinton. | November 12, 2000 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Working visit. Afterwards visited New York City. Departed the U.S. March 22. | March 19–20, 2001 |
| President Moshe Katsav | Working visit. | May 29–June 1, 2001 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with President Bush and Secretary of State Powell during a private visit. | June 26–27, 2001 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Working Visit. | December 3–4, 2001 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Met with President Bush February 7 during a private visit. | February 6–8, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Working visit. | May 5–7, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Working visit. | June 10–11, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Working visit. | October 15–17, 2002 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Working visit. | July 27–30, 2003 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Working visit. | April 13–15, 2004 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Met with President Bush at Crawford, Texas. | April 11, 2005 |
| Prime Minister Ariel Sharon | Met with President Bush at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 14, 2005 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Olmert | Working visit. Addressed joint session of Congress May 24. | May 21–24, 2006 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Olmert | Working visit | November 12–14, 2006 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Olmert | Working visit. | June 18–19, 2007 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Olmert | Working visit. Met with President Bush before and after attending the Middle East Peace Conference in Annapolis, MD. | November 25–28, 2007 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Olmert | Working visit. | June 3–5, 2008 |
| Prime Minister Ehud Olmert | Working visit. | November 22–25, 2008 |
| President Shimon Peres | Working Visit. | May 5, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working Visit. | May 18, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Met with President Obama and with Palestinian Authority President Abbas at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 22, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working Visit. | November 9, 2009 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working visit. | March 22–24, 2010 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working visit. | July 6, 2010 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Attended Middle East peace talks. | September 1–2, 2010 |
| President Shimon Peres | Working visit. | April 4–5, 2011 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working visit. Addressed a joint session of Congress May 24. | May 20–25, 2011 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Met with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 21, 2011 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working visit. | March 4–6, 2012 |
| President Shimon Peres | Working visit. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. | June 13, 2012 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working visit. | September 30, 2013 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working visit. | March 2–3, 2014 |
| President Shimon Peres | Working visit. | June 25, 2014 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working visit. | October 1, 2014 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Official Working Visit. | November 9, 2015 |
| President Reuven Rivlin | Official Working Visit. | December 8–9, 2015 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Official Working Visit. | February 14–15, 2017 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Met with President Trump at the UN General Assembly in New York City. | September 28, 2017 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working Visit. | March 4–7, 2018 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working Visit. | March 24–27, 2019 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Working Visit. | January 27, 2020 |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony. | September 15, 2020 |
| Prime Minister Naftali Bennett | Working Visit | August 27, 2021 |
Sources: Visits By Foreign Leaders of Israel,
U.S. Department of State.
News services.
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