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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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Comments

  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.

  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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  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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