Allies in Context: Exploring the U.S.–Israel Relationship

Allies in Context: Exploring the U.S.–Israel Relationship- 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Allies in Context: Exploring the U.S.–Israel Relationship is a four-part learning series that offers participants an accessible look at how the U.S.–Israel relationship has taken shape over the past century. Tracing its evolution from early American Jewish engagement with the Zionist movement in Europe and Palestine to the close—and sometimes fraught—partnership that has defined the two countries’ relations since the 1950s, the series explores the key forces that shaped this transnational connection.

Each session considers how shifting politics, social movements, and regional developments in both nations and across the Middle East have influenced U.S.–Israel relations. By placing major events and debates within their broader historical and geopolitical contexts, participants gain the tools to understand how this relationship was built, how it has changed, and the questions that may shape its future.