Shapiro presenting credentials to Peres 2011-08-03

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

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. 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 The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Mandatory Palestine, Palestine and Emirate of Transjordan, Transjordan, both of which had been conceded by the Ottoman Empire following ...

. On May 14, 1948, the British government unilaterally terminated the mandate. On the same day, the

Jewish Agency The Jewish Agency for Israel ( he, הסוכנות היהודית לארץ ישראל, translit=HaSochnut HaYehudit L'Eretz Yisra'el) formerly known as The Jewish Agency for Palestine, is the largest Jewish non-profit organization in the world. ...

, under future Prime Minister

David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion ( ; he, דָּוִד בֶּן-גּוּרִיּוֹן ; born David Grün; 16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State of Israel and the first prime minister of Israel. Adopting the nam ...

, declared independence and named the country Israel. The United States immediately recognized the nation and moved to establish

diplomatic relations Diplomacy comprises spoken or written communication by representatives of states (such as leaders and diplomats) intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. 1 ...

. The first U.S. ambassador commissioned to Israel was

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, who presented his credentials to the government of Israel on March 28, 1949. The ambassador holds the title ''Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary''. The

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is located at 14 David Flusser Street in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

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United States Department of State: Background notes on Israel
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United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Israel

United States Department of State: Israel

United States Embassy in Jerusalem
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Ambassadors and chiefs of mission

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