Vice President Mike Pence of the United States will serve as the guest of honor and keynote speaker at a special celebration in November hosted by Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations to mark seventy years since the November 29, 1947 United Nations vote that called for the establishment of a Jewish State in the Land of Israel. The celebration of the 1947 vote will take place in the structure which served as the UN headquarters from 1946 to 1950 and today houses New York’s Queens Museum.
Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon said, “We are honored that Vice President Pence will join us when we celebrate seventy years since this momentous occasion. From the moment President Truman became the first world leader to recognize the new Jewish state, Israel has had no better friend than the United States of America, and the US has had no more steadfast ally than the State of Israel."