(MOU)
In November 1981, Israel and the United States of America negotiated and signed an MOU on strategic cooperation, in which it was agreed that U.S.-Israel strategic cooperation "is designed against the threat to peace and security of the region caused by the Soviet Union [see UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS (USSR/RUSSIA)] or Soviet-controlled forces from outside the region introduced into the region." The MOU was suspended in December 1981 in the wake of Israel's extension of its law and jurisdiction to the Golan Heights, but additional memoranda were signed in subsequent years. A new MOU, emphasizing cooperation against the threat of long-range ballistic missiles, was signed on 30 October 1998.
See also Foreign Policy.
Historical Dictionary of Israel. Bernard Reich David H. Goldberg. Edited by Jon Woronoff..