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Countries that Recognize Israel 2024

196 countries

Country
Recognizes Israel
Date Recognized
Arab League Membership
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Additional Details
India09-17-1950Observer
China03-01-1949
United States05-14-1948
Nigeria01-01-1960
Precise month and day unconfirmed. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored May 1992.
Brazil02-07-1949Observer
Russia05-17-1948
As U.S.S.R. Rescinded 1967, restored Oct. 1991.
Ethiopia10-24-1961
Mexico05-11-1949
Japan05-15-1952
Egypt03-26-1979Full
Philippines05-11-1949
DR Congo06-26-1960
Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored May 1982.
Vietnam07-12-1993
Turkey03-28-1949
Germany05-12-1965
As West Germany.
Thailand09-26-1950
United Kingdom05-13-1949
Tanzania
Original date unverified. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Feb. 1995.
France01-24-1949
South Africa05-24-1948
Italy02-08-1949
Kenya12-01-1963
Precise day of month unconfirmed. Rescinded Nov. 1973, restored Dec. 1988.
Myanmar07-13-1953
Colombia02-01-1949
South Korea04-10-1962
Sudan10-23-2020Full
Uganda
Original date unverified. Rescinded Mar. 1972, restored July 1994.
Spain01-17-1986
Argentina02-14-1949
Canada05-11-1949
Poland05-18-1948
Rescinded 1967, restored Feb. 1990.
Morocco11-01-1994Full
Rescinded Oct. 2000, restored Dec. 2020.
Angola04-16-1992
Ukraine05-11-1949
Uzbekistan02-21-1992
Mozambique07-23-1993
Ghana
Original date unverified. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Aug. 1994.
Peru02-09-1949
Madagascar
Original date unverified. Rescinded Oct. 1983, restored Jan. 1994.
Ivory Coast02-15-1961
Rescinded Nov. 1973, restored Feb. 1986.
Nepal06-01-1960
Cameroon09-15-1960
Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Aug. 1986.
Australia01-29-1949
Burkina Faso07-05-1961
Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Oct. 1993.
Sri Lanka09-16-1950
Malawi07-01-1964
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Zambia
Original date unverified. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Dec. 1991.
Kazakhstan04-10-1992
Chad01-10-1961Observer
Rescinded Nov. 1972, restored Jan. 2019.
Chile02-05-1949
Romania06-11-1948
Senegal01-01-1960
Precise month and day unconfirmed. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Aug. 1994.
Guatemala05-19-1948
Netherlands05-11-1949
Ecuador02-02-1949
Cambodia08-30-1960
Rescinded 1975, restored Oct. 1993.
Zimbabwe11-26-1993
Guinea
Original date unverified. Rescinded June 1967, restored July 2016.
Benin12-05-1961
Rwanda
Original date unverified. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Oct. 1994.
Burundi
Rescinded May 1973, restored Mar. 1995.
Bolivia02-22-1949
Granted 1949, rescinded 2009, restored 2019
South Sudan07-28-2011
Haiti02-26-1949
Belgium01-15-1950
Jordan10-26-1994Full
Dominican Republic12-29-1948
United Arab Emirates09-15-2020Full
Honduras11-08-1948
Czech Republic05-18-1948
As Czechoslovakia. Rescinded June 1967, restored Jan. 1993.
Sweden02-15-1949
Tajikistan04-01-1992
Papua New Guinea
Portugal05-12-1977
Azerbaijan04-07-1992
Greece03-15-1949Observer
Hungary05-24-1948
Rescinded 1967, restored Sept. 1989.
Togo
Rescinded Sept 1973, restored June 1987.
Austria03-15-1949
Belarus05-11-1949
Switzerland01-25-1949
Sierra Leone
Original date unverified. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored May 1992.
Laos02-01-1957
Precise day of month unconfirmed. Rescinded 1973, restired Dec. 1993.
Turkmenistan10-06-1993
Kyrgyzstan03-01-1992
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Paraguay09-06-1948
Nicaragua05-18-1948
Rescinded Jun. 2010, restored Mar. 2017.
Bulgaria12-04-1948
Rescinded June 1967, restored May 1990.
Serbia05-18-1948
El Salvador09-11-1948
Republic of the Congo11-09-1960
Rescinded Dec. 1972, restored Oct. 1991.
Denmark02-02-1949
Singapore05-11-1969
Finland06-11-1948
Liberia02-11-1949
Rescinded Nov. 1973, restored Aug. 1983.
Norway02-04-1949
Slovakia05-18-1948
As Czechoslovakia. Rescinded June 1967, restored Jan. 1993.
Palestine01-01-1993Full
Palestine itself has only limited recognition and is a non-member observer in the United Nations. Pr...
Central African Republic
Original date unverified. Rescinded 1973, restored 1991.
Ireland02-12-1949
New Zealand01-29-1949
Costa Rica06-19-1948
Panama06-19-1948
Croatia11-04-1997
Georgia06-01-1992
Eritrea05-06-1993Observer
Mongolia10-02-1991
Uruguay05-19-1948
Bosnia and Herzegovina09-26-1997
Moldova06-22-1992
Namibia02-11-1994
Armenia04-04-1992Observer
Lithuania01-08-1992
Jamaica01-01-1962
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Albania04-16-1949
Gambia
Original date unverified. Rescinded Oct. 1973, restored Sept. 1992.
Gabon09-29-1993
Rescinded Oct 1973, restored Sept. 1993.
Botswana
Original date unverified. Rescinded 1973, restored Dec. 1993.
Lesotho
Guinea Bissau03-01-1994
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Slovenia04-28-1992
Equatorial Guinea
Original date unverified. Rescinded 1973, restored Jan 1994.
Latvia01-06-1992
North Macedonia12-07-1992
As Macedonia.
Bahrain09-11-2020Full
Trinidad and Tobago01-01-1962
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Timor Leste08-29-2002
Estonia01-09-1992
Cyprus01-21-1961
Mauritius09-29-1993
Rescinded July 1976, restored Sept. 1993.
Eswatini09-01-1968
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Fiji08-01-1970
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Guyana
Original date unverified. Rescinded Mar. 1974, restored Mar. 1992.
Solomon Islands01-01-1989
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Bhutan12-12-2020
Luxembourg05-11-1949
Montenegro07-12-2006
Suriname02-01-1976
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Malta01-01-1965
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Cape Verde07-17-1994
Belize09-06-1984
Bahamas09-24-1974
Iceland02-11-1949
Vanuatu12-16-1993
Barbados08-29-1967
Sao Tome and Principe11-01-1993
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Samoa06-01-1977
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Saint Lucia01-01-1979
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Kiribati05-21-1984
Seychelles09-01-1992
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Grenada01-01-1975
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Micronesia11-23-1988
Tonga06-01-1977
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines01-01-1981
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Antigua and Barbuda06-22-1983
Andorra04-13-1994
Dominica01-01-1978
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Saint Kitts and Nevis01-01-1984
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Liechtenstein01-01-1992
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Monaco01-01-1964
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Marshall Islands09-16-1987
San Marino03-01-1995
Palau10-02-1994
Cook Islands01-01-2008
Precise month and day unverified.
Nauru12-01-1994
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Tuvalu07-01-1984
Precise day of month unconfirmed.
Niue01-01-2008
Precise month and day unverified.
Vatican City06-15-1994
Vatican City is a non-member observer state in the United Nations.
Indonesia
Greatly limits visits from Israelis.
Pakistan
Denies Israeli passports. Pakistani passports are denied by Israel.
Bangladesh
Denies Israeli passports. Bangladeshi passports are denied by Israel.
Iran03-14-1950
Granted 1950, but rescinded Feb. 1979. Denies Israeli passports.
AlgeriaFull
Denies Israeli passports.
IraqFull
Denies Israeli passports in most circumstances. Iraqi passports are denied by Israel.
Afghanistan
Denies Israeli passports.
YemenFull
Denies Israeli passports.
Malaysia
Denies Israeli passports. Malaysian passports are denied by Israel.
Saudi ArabiaFull
Denies Israeli passports.
Venezuela06-27-1948Observer
Granted 1948, but rescinded Jan. 2009.
Niger
Original date unverified. Rescinded Jan. 1973.
North Korea
SyriaFull
Denies Israeli passports.
Mali
Granted, but rescinded Jan. 1973.
SomaliaFull
Tunisia10-03-1994Full
Granted 1994, but rescinded Oct. 2000.
Cuba01-14-1949
Granted 1949, but rescinded Sept. 1973.
LibyaFull
Denies Israeli passports.
LebanonFull
Denies Israeli passports. Also denies entry to anyone whose passport includes Israel stamp.
Oman01-28-1996Full
Rescinded Oct. 2000.
Mauritania10-28-1999Full
Granted 1999, but rescinded Mar. 2010.
KuwaitFull
Denies Israeli passports.
Qatar04-01-1996Full
Precise day of month unconfirmed. Rescinded Feb. 2009. Denies Israeli passports.
DjiboutiFull
ComorosFull
Maldives10-29-1965
Granted 1965, but rescinded 1974.
Brunei
Denies Israeli passports. Brunei passports are denied by Israel.

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168 countries recognize Israel as a sovereign nation. Most of the Arab and Muslim countries do not recognize it.

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