Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: The turmoil in the Middle East poses a serious threat to United States national security interests and requires cooperation with allies that are willing to work with the United States in pursuit of shared objectives. The October 31, 1998, Memorandum of Agreement signed by President Clinton and Prime Minister Netanyahu commits the United States to working jointly with Israel towards enhancing Israel’s defensive and deterrent capabilities and upgrading the framework of the United States-Israel strategic and military relationships, as well as the technological cooperation between both countries.
On August 16, 2007, the United States and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding reaffirming United States commitment to the security of Israel and establishing a 10-year framework for incremental increases in United States military assistance to Israel. The Memorandum of Understanding signed two years later on January 16, 2009 reaffirmed the United States commitment and noted the security, military and intelligence cooperation between the United States and Israel . The United States and Israel conduct a semi-annual Strategic Dialogue.
The Department of State, in a statement following the July 12, 2012, meeting of the Strategic Dialogue, noted that the discussions focused on such issues of mutual concern as Iran’s continued quest to develop nuclear weapons, which the United States and Israel are both determined to prevent and how the continued violence of the Syrian regime against its citizens [assisted by Iran and Hezbollah] could also lead to severe consequences for the entire region .