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These 36 Countries Don’t Recognize Israel

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Foreign relations of Israel Map

Map created by Davshul via Wikimedia

The map above shows who does and does not have diplomatic relations with the State of Israel. Currently 36 countries do not recognize and/or have foreign relations with Israel.

This includes 15 states that did at one point in the past but now, for variety of reasons, do not. Interestingly, this includes several Latin American countries.

The following states have never recognized and/or had foreign relations with Israel:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Bhutan
  5. Brunei
  6. Comoros
  7. Djibouti
  8. Indonesia
  9. Iraq
  10. Kuwait
  11. Lebanon
  12. Libya
  13. Malaysia
  14. North Korea
  15. Pakistan
  16. Saudi Arabia
  17. Somalia
  18. Sudan
  19. Syria
  20. United Arab Emirates
  21. Yemen

The following countries did have relations with Israel at one point in the past. (Time period of relations and reason for breaking them off are in parenthesis):

  1. Bahrain (1996–2000; Second Intifada)
  2. Bolivia (1950–2009; Gaza War)
  3. Chad (1960–1972; solidarity with the Palestinians)
  4. Cuba (1950–1973; Yom Kippur War)
  5. Guinea (1959–1967; unknown but presumable related to 1967 Arab-Israeli war)
  6. Iran (1948–1951, 1953–1979; Islamic revolution in Iran)
  7. Mali (1960–1973; pressure from neighboring countries)
  8. Morocco (1994–2000; Second Intifada)
  9. Mauritania (2000–2009; Gaza War)
  10. Nicaragua (1948–1982, 1992–2010; Gaza flotilla raid)
  11. Niger (1960–1973, 1996–2002; Second Intifada)
  12. Oman (1996–2000; Second Intifada)
  13. Qatar (1996–2009; Gaza War)
  14. Tunisia (1996–2000; Second Intifada)
  15. Venezuela (1950–2009; Gaza War)

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  1. Combine it with a map of countries that don’t recognize Palestine. It is roughly the same number, but not the same part of the world.

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        • Israel is a country. A sovereign state. “Palestine” is a region comprising space in eight countries: Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

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          • Nope. “Israel” is an illegitimate, invented “country” inhabited and run by Zionist Jewish supremacist Khazars masquerading as “Semites” who do not belong, nor do they have any history whatsoever in that region.

          • All countries are “invented” by history, and are legitimized by recognition of their sovereign status on the part of a preponderance of the other sovereign states in the world. Israel has that status. Your irrational hatred for Jews doesn’t obviate that. I recommend you figure out whoever taught you that bigoted nonsense and stop listening to them.

          • There are people who are indigenous to a region, and people who are not. European Jews are NOT indigenous to the Middle East, and therefore have no right to be there murdering innocent people who ARE indigenous, in order to steal their land. I recconend you find out whoever taught you your extreme arrogance and delusional belief of moral superiority, which are typical for your people, and stop listening to them. But your being a supporter of the most heinously genocidal entity on the planet, I have no reason to believe that you ever will.

          • Europeans are not indigenous to North and South America.

            So you’d say the US, Canada, Brazil, and two dozen other countries don’t exist, based on your false presumptions of legitimacy of nations.

            You are misinformed, deluded, and mendacious. Slap your teachers, stop reading the propaganda you have been conditioned to seek out, and stop annoying the internet with your gibberish.

          • Israel exists only on the maps and minds of ex-colonial powers. Israel is a creation and will cease to exist….. hopefully soon. There is Palestine. Historically there was NEVER a state or even a region called Israel. Israel is the name of Prophet Jacob , and was hijacked by the zionists and used for their entity.

        • If you live in one of the Arab or moslem countries, then your utmost wishes would be to live in that “fallacy”, in order to enjoy your life and live in dignity that human being are entitled and deserved to, rather than living in fear of saying the wrong word and lose your dignity and your life in any moslem country.
          May the Almighty bring peace to your soul and remove the hatred off your mind.
          Insha’alla

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  2. When will Saudi Arabia recognize Israel? Can’t wait for that day, I’m Saudi Arabian and want peace with Israelis.

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    • Saudi Arabia already recognize Israel. It’s slaughtering and starving to death millions of Yemenis for them. They are also proud partners in butchering the populations and leaders of Syria and Libya. In fact, they are united by their love of gold and common Jewish herritage and roots. Jewish and proud, Jewish and Saud!

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    • Real arabs don’t betray their brothers. Shame on you for supporting the occupiers. You are far from god.

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    • Israeli are Bani Israel who were shown the clear signs of God and they still didn’t believe, their hearts are harder than rocks, Palestine accepted them into their country on USA’s request because of Adolf almost wiping them out, Palestine gave them a land to live on, and Israelis lived there then they bought more land from Palestine by blackmailing them, and then they expanded so much so that they took over Palestine. How? They bombarded them with missiles and bombs till nothing was left. They received military aid from USA and financial aid from UAE, KSA and others including Muslim countries. And now they kill so many Palestinians and assault so many of their women and now Masjid Aqsa has only heard cries of pain, suffering and pleas of help, deafening, ear-splitting thunderous shots and bombardments. And now you want peace with them. It will be better to leave the Ummah now. So that I don’t have to waste my pity and worry about how to rescue your ass when the Israelis come bombarding Makkah and Madinah.

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    • Hahaha, Israeli have been chanting ‘death to Arabs’ these days… Do you keep up with the news? Cuz apparently you might get yourself a free ticket to hell.

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  3. It doesnt matter if you recognize israel, is still not a real country, israel is just a THING .

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  4. All the Arabs are our muslims brothers , but they do not have the dare to handle Israel. We are just one country having a lot of problems but still we have controlled India which is a terrorist country and and close ally of Israel.

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      • Ask you mom how we Pashtoons freed Azad Kashimir. Don’t forget when you cried during Kargil war. 1971 was a mistake done by our so called PM. Unfortunately it was a war with our Bangali brothers, they are still our brothers. You Endians can’t face Pak army at all. Your army is hungry, they have no food, so no match with the world’s strongest Pakistan’s army.

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  6. Palestinians never existed as a people before Israel. just a bunch of arabs from neighboring counties that came to work there and stayed.
    There’s no single Palestinian leader that was actually born in Palestine.
    There are not a few Israelis that were… since the British Palestine Mandate was formed in order to make a Jewish state.
    They gave over 70% of Israel to create an Arab Palestinian state… now Jordan. it’s population is over 70% Palestinians.
    So… Palestine is Jordan.

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    • Palestinians always existed as a group of people that lived on Palestine. The reason that the Palestinians didnt have a king is because they were always living under a diffrnt occupier from the romans (bzyntines) up until the ottman empire but this doesnt mean that the region(s) were not known by their modern names. You can clearly tell that the region was know as Palestine by simply reading the Belford declaration. Jews came in huge numbers at the beginning of 1921 when the British mandate of Palestine was created.
      ”Since the Palestinians in Jordan make up 70 % then Jordan is Palestine” this sentence is simply false and ridicules. The reason that the Palestinians are in diaspora (Some jews were also in diaspora before the state of israel) is due to the nakba when Palestinians were ethically cleansed which was caused by Jews ( Which is also why modern day Palestinians that are born are mainly not born in Palestine, 70% of their population has been ethically cleansed and are mainly in diaspora). So NO, Jordan is for the Jordanians and Palestine or modern day Israel is for the Palestinians and Jews.

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  7. Why recognise any state? There is only one race; the human race. There is no need for a heavenly afterlife as this planet is paradise in our lifetime. Only our fellow humans make the existence of some others sheer Hell.

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  9. Those countries just look for a reason to do it. Most of them only because a pressure from the Arab world (oil and money). Those countries really are jealous of Israel small country success in the high tech and technologies world while those countries stay not modern and poor. The funny thing is that most “boycott” Israel but still use Israeli technologies:))). I call them to get over it and give hand for a peace. Israel is open for peace with every one who is not a terrorist.

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  13. Call a conference of all countries who donot recognise israel. These countries can unanimously decide to recognise israel if israel accepts certain condition.1. Israel demarcates its borders .2 w bankremains a jordanian territory jews may live as jordanian citizens 3palestine and all other muslim states have free access to jerosalem.4 cmplete cease fire 5 palistine b given a n independent sovereign status 6. bury the hatchet for ever.israel show her good intentions as non expansionist country.

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  14. Guys, calm down please.

    There is already so much misery to be sorted out in the World that we want to spread hate based on this conflict.

    Thanks.

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  15. Israel is a colonial country they have no rights to Palestinian land so how can we recognize a country like this and of course as a country that is anti-colonialism then obviously it will not recognize Israel as a country I think we are just waiting for the rise of the eastern country to eliminate Israel and I think this is not excessive because we have the potential to do that, let time tell a country that recognizes Israel is a country that accepts colonialism and a country that does not recognize Israel is an anti-colonial country.

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  16. American Libertarians and Conservatives stand with Israel. More and more of our Muslim brothers and sisters are, too. Deal with it.

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    • Muslims will never sell out their REAL brothers and sisters in Palestine. Islam (and Judaism tbh) never supported occupiers, Israel is doomed because of their countless crimes against humanity. We also don’t care about your American political problems.

      From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.

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