On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion founds the Jewish state of Israel, after the British mandate ends in Palestine. The administrations of both Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower realize that too close a rapprochement with Israel risks harming US relations with the Arab world. After they respectively take office in 2009, relations between US president Barack Obama and right-wing Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu come under deep strain. On January 20, 2017, Netanyahu says he wants relations with the United States to be “stronger than ever” with Donald Trump as president. On December 6, Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and orders a plan for the US embassy to move there.

Source: The Express Tribune December 07, 2017 08:11 UTC