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22 U.S.C. § 8602 — Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States:
(1) To reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the security of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. As President Barack Obama stated on December 16, 2011, “America’s commitment and my commitment to Israel and Israel’s security is unshakeable.” And as President George W. Bush stated before the Israeli Knesset on May 15, 2008, on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, “The alliance between our governments is unbreakable, yet the source of our friendship runs deeper than any treaty.”.
(2) To help the Government of Israel preserve its qualitative military edge amid rapid and uncertain regional political transformation.
(3) To veto any one-sided anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations Security Council.
(4) To support Israel’s inherent right to self-defense.
(5) To pursue avenues to expand cooperation with the Government of Israel both in defense and across the spectrum of civilian sectors, including high technology, agriculture, medicine, health, pharmaceuticals, and energy.
(6) To assist the Government of Israel with its ongoing efforts to forge a peaceful, negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that results in two states living side-by-side in peace and security, and to encourage Israel’s neighbors to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.
(7) To encourage further development of advanced technology programs between the United States and Israel given current trends and instability in the region.
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It is the policy of the United States:
(1) To reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the security of the State of Israel as a Jewish state. As President Barack Obama stated on December 16, 2011, “America’s commitment and my commitment to Israel and Israel’s security is unshakeable.” And as President George W. Bush stated before the Israeli Knesset on May 15, 2008, on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, “The alliance between our governments is unbreakable, yet the source of our friendship runs deeper than any treaty.”.
(2) To help the Government of Israel preserve its qualitative military edge amid rapid and uncertain regional political transformation.
(3) To veto any one-sided anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations Security Council.
(4) To support Israel’s inherent right to self-defense.
(5) To pursue avenues to expand cooperation with the Government of Israel both in defense and across the spectrum of civilian sectors, including high technology, agriculture, medicine, health, pharmaceuticals, and energy.
(6) To assist the Government of Israel with its ongoing efforts to forge a peaceful, negotiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that results in two states living side-by-side in peace and security, and to encourage Israel’s neighbors to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.
(7) To encourage further development of advanced technology programs between the United States and Israel given current trends and instability in the region.
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Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Since 1948, United States Presidents and both houses of Congress, on a bipartisan basis and supported by the American people, have repeatedly reaffirmed the special bond between the United States and Israel, based on shared values and shared interests.
(2) The Middle East is undergoing rapid change, bringing with it hope for an expansion of democracy but also great challenges to the national security of the United States and our allies in the region, particularly to our most important ally in the region, Israel.
(3) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is continuing its decades-long pattern of seeking to foment instability and promote extremism in the Middle East, particularly in this time of dramatic political transition.
(4) At the same time, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to enrich uranium in defiance of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.
(5) A nuclear-weapons capable Iran would fundamentally threaten vital United States interests, encourage regional nuclear proliferation, further empower Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terror, and pose a serious and destabilizing threat to Israel and the region.
(6) Over the past several years, with the assistance of the Governments of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria, Hizbollah and Hamas have increased their stockpile of rockets, with more than 60,000 now ready to be fired at Israel. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran continues to add to its arsenal of ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, which threaten Iran’s neighbors, Israel, and United States Armed Forces in the region.
(7) As a result, Israel is facing a fundamentally altered strategic environment.
(8) Pursuant to chapter 5 of title 1 of the
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**(a) Establishment of program** The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State are authorized to establish a program (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “program”) under which the requirement of paragraph (7)(B)(i)(II) of [section 1182(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a&num=0&edition=prelim) may be waived by the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and in accordance with this section, in the case of an alien who meets the following requirements:
(1) **Seeking entry as tourist for 90 days or less** — The alien is applying for admission during the program as a nonimmigrant visitor (described in [section 1101(a)(15)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101/a/15/B&num=0&edition=prelim)) for a period not exceeding 90 days.
(2) **National of program country** — The alien is a national of, and presents a passport issued by, a country which—
(A) extends (or agrees to extend), either on its own or in conjunction with one or more other countries that are described in subparagraph (B) and that have established with it a common area for immigration admissions, reciprocal privileges to citizens and nationals of the United States, and
(B) is designated as a pilot program country under subsection (c).
(3) **Passport requirements** — The alien, at the time of application for admission, is in possession of a valid unexpired passport that satisfies the following:
(A) *Machine readable* — The passport is a machine-readable passport that is tamper-resistant, incorporates document authentication identifiers, and otherwise satisfies the internationally accepted standard for machine readability.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 8603
‘‘(5) The Government of Iran continues to pose a
grave threat to the region and the world at large with
its reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons.
‘‘(6) Given these challenges, it is imperative that
the United States continues to deepen cooperation
with allies like Israel in pursuit of shared policy ob-
jectives.’’
§ 8602. Statement of policy
It is the policy of the United States:
(1) To reaffirm our unwavering commitment
to the security of the State of Israel as a Jew-
ish state. As President Barack Obama stated
on December 16, 2011, ‘‘America’s commitment
and my commitment to Israel and Israel’s se-
curity is unshakeable.’’ And as President
George W. Bush stated before the Israeli
Knesset on May 15, 2008, on the 60th anniver-
sary of the founding of the State of Israel,
‘‘The alliance between our governments is un-
breakable, yet the source of our friendship
runs deeper than any treaty.’’.
(2) To help the Government of Israel pre-
serve its qualitative military edge amid rapid
and
uncertain
regional
political
trans-
formation.
(3) To veto any one-sided anti-Israel resolu-
tions at the United Nations Security Council.
(4) To support Israel’s inherent right to self-
defense.
(5) To pursue avenues to expand cooperation
with the Government of Israel both in defense
and across the spectrum of civilian sectors, in-
cluding high technology, agriculture, medi-
cine, health, pharmaceuticals, and energy.
(6) To assist the Government of Israel with
its ongoing efforts to forge a peaceful, nego-
tiated settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict that results in two states living side-
by-side in peace and security, and to encour-
age Israel’s neighbors to recognize Israel’s
right to exist as
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