Israel-USA Relationship
President Dwight Eisenhower (left), with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
“Also, surprising is how Pro-American Israel’s people are despite their hatred for the State Departments present policies of arming the Arabs.”
August 12, 1957 - 2pm & night
David's Comments
Often, the anti-Israel policies of the US State Department had a strong influence over the US President's attitude towards Israel.
James Baker (L), US Secretary of State (1989-92) was known for his blatant anti-Israel attitude. Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzchak Shamir (R), tried his best to stand up to the biased pressure of Baker.
Danger from the US State Department
In 1957 my father’s biggest enemy at the time was Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. My father hated Dulles because he was siding with the Arabs and was pressuring Israel to withdraw from the entire Sinai which Israel had captured from Egypt in October 1956. He always talked about how he protested against Dulles when he came to visit his air force base, “Floyd Benet Field” in Brooklyn.
Throughout his life, my father was a strong activist for the state of Israel, and protested against several hostile U. S. Secretaries of State besides Dulles . They included Henry Kissinger, John Foster, Cyrus Vance, Jim Baker, and John Kerry. All these Secretaries of State asserted pressure on Israel to make territorial concessions.