Richard Nixon, 1913-1994

Though he expressed antisemitic views in private, Nixon as the 37th U.S. president authorized the airlift that replenished Israel’s arms during the October 1973 war, providing the means for Israel to end the war with the same territory it held at the start. Nixon empowered his secretary of state, Henry Kissinger, to engage in shuttle diplomacy and achieve disengagement agreements between Israel and Arab states.

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