(U.S. State Department) Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the 2023 AIPAC Policy Summit on Monday: "Today we celebrate 75 years of the U.S.-Israeli partnership" that "touches on every aspect of our lives, from security to business, from energy to public health...making deserts bloom, developing the clean energy technologies of the future, producing vaccines, charting the future of space exploration, and so much more." "President Truman never wavered in his decision to extend recognition to the new Jewish state. He said, 'I had faith in Israel even before it was established. I knew it was based on the love of freedom, which has been the guiding star of the Jewish people since the days of Moses....I believe that it had a glorious future before it, not just as a sovereign nation but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.'"
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