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Following the Israeli Declaration of Independence, signed on May 14, 1948, the international reaction was mixed. The United States and many of the western countries soon recognized the new State of Israel, whereas some Middle Eastern countries (especially in the Arab world) do not recognize it.

List by date

UN member states

	State	Date of de facto recognition	Date of de jure recognition	Notes
—	Afghanistan	—	—	Afghanistan has no relations with Israel and has criticised its existence several times.
1	Albania	—	16 April 1949	Established diplomatic relations on 20 August 1991.
—	Algeria	—	—
2	Andorra	13 April 1994	13 April 1994
3	Angola	16 April 1992	?
4	Antigua and Barbuda	22 June 1983	?
5	Argentina	—	14 February 1949
6	Armenia	4 April 1992	?
7	Australia	29 January 1949	29 January 1949
8	Austria	15 March 1949	?
9	Azerbaijan	7 April 1992	?
10	Bahamas	24 September 1974	?
—	Bahrain	—	—
—	Bangladesh	—	—
11	Barbados	29 August 1967	?
12	Belarus	26 May 1992	?
13	Belgium	—	15 January 1950
14	Belize	6 September 1984	?
15	Benin	?	?
16	Bhutan	?	?
17	Bolivia	22 February 1949	24 February 1949
18	Bosnia and Herzegovina	26 September 1997	?
19	Botswana	?	?
20	Brazil	7 December 1949	?
—	Brunei	—	—
21	Bulgaria	4 December 1948	4 December 1948
22	Burkina Faso	?	?	Relations were severed in 1973, and re-established in October 1993.
23	Burundi	?	?
24	Cambodia	5 October 1993
25	Cameroon	15 September 1960
26	Canada	11 May 1949
27	Cape Verde	17 July 1994
28	Central African Republic
—	Chad	—	—
29	Chile	5 February 1949	5 February 1949
30	People's Republic of China	1 March 1949
31	Colombia	1 February 1949
32	Comoros
33	Republic of the Congo
34	Democratic Republic of the Congo
35	Costa Rica	19 June 1948	19 June 1948
36	Ivory Coast	15 February 1961
37	Croatia	4 September 1997
38	Cuba	14 January 1949	18 April 1949
39	Cyprus	16 August 1960
40	Czech Republic	1 January 1993
41	Denmark	2 February 1949	12 June 1950
42	Djibouti
43	Dominica	January 1978
44	Dominican Republic	29 December 1948	29 December 1948
45	Ecuador	2 February 1949	2 February 1949
46	Egypt		26 March 1979
47	El Salvador	11 September 1948	11 September 1948
48	Equatorial Guinea	6 January 1994
49	Eritrea	6 May 1993
50	Estonia	9 January 1992
51	Ethiopia	30 October 1961
52	Fiji	August 1970
53	Finland	11 June 1948	18 March 1949
54	France	24 January 1949	24 January 1949
55	Gabon	29 September 1993
56	Gambia
57	Georgia	1 June 1992
58	Germany	12 May 1965
59	Ghana
60	Greece	15 March 1949	21 May 1990
61	Grenada	January 1975
62	Guatemala	19 May 1948	19 May 1948
63	Guinea
64	Guinea-Bissau	March 1994
65	Guyana
66	Haiti	26 February 1949
67	Honduras	8 November 1948	11 September 1948
68	Hungary	24 May 1948	1 June 1948
69	Iceland	11 February 1949
70	India	17 September 1950
—	Indonesia	—	—
—	Iran	14 March 1950	—
—	Iraq	—	—
71	Ireland	12 February 1949	May 1963
72	Italy	8 February 1949
73	Jamaica	January 1962
74	Japan	15 May 1952
75	Jordan	26 October 1994
76	Kazakhstan	10 April 1992
77	Kenya	December 1963
78	Kiribati	21 May 1984
—	North Korea	—	—	Further detailsNorth Korea does not recognise the state of Israel, denouncing it as an "imperialist satellite".
79	Republic of Korea	10 April 1962
—	Kuwait	—	—
80	Kyrgyzstan	March 1992
81	Laos	6 December 1993
82	Latvia	6 January 1992
—	Lebanon	—	—
83	Lesotho
84	Liberia	11 February 1949
—	Libya	—	—
85	Liechtenstein	January 1992
86	Lithuania	8 January 1992
87	Luxembourg	16 January 1950
88	North Macedonia	7 December 1992
89	Madagascar
90	Malawi	July 1964
—	Malaysia	—	—
91	Maldives
92	Mali
93	Malta	Error in Template:Date table sorting: months must be an integer between 1 and 12
94	Marshall Islands	16 September 1987
95	Mauritania	28 October 1999
96	Mauritius	29 September 1993
97	Mexico	4 April 1952
98	Federated States of Micronesia	23 November 1988
99	Moldova	22 June 1992
100	Monaco	January 1964
101	Mongolia	2 October 1991
102	Montenegro	12 July 2006
103	Morocco	1 September 1994
104	Mozambique	23 July 1993
105	Myanmar	13 July 1953
106	Namibia	11 February 1994
107	Nauru	December 1994
108	Nepal	1 June 1960
109	Netherlands	16 January 1950
110	New Zealand	29 January 1949
111	Nicaragua	18 May 1948	18 May 1948
112	Niger
113	Nigeria	1960
114	Norway	4 February 1949	4 February 1949
—	Oman	28 January 1996	—
—	Pakistan	—	—	Further detailsIsrael and Pakistan do not have diplomatic relations with each other, and Pakistan forbids its citizens from going to Israel by putting the legend 'This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel' on Pakistani passports. Some Israeli leaders have expressed the belief that should diplomatic relations with Pakistan be established, then Pakistan could serve as a bridge between Israel and the Muslim world. In 2008, the Israeli Foreign minister stated that "Israel considers Pakistan as its biggest strategic threat" in light of concern over the increasing Taliban threat in Pakistan.
115	Palau	2 October 1994
116	Panama	19 June 1948	19 June 1948
117	Papua New Guinea
118	Paraguay	6 September 1948	7 September 1948
119	Peru	9 February 1949	9 February 1949
120	Philippines	13 May 1957
121	Poland	18 May 1948	18 May 1948
122	Portugal	12 May 1977
123	Qatar	April 1996		Further detailsIn April 1996, Qatar and Israel agreed to exchange trade representation offices. Trade offices were closed in February 2009.
124	Romania	11 June 1948	12 June 1948
125	Russia	January 1992
126	Rwanda
127	Saint Kitts and Nevis	January 1984
128	Saint Lucia	January 1979
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	January 1981
130	Samoa	June 1977
131	San Marino	1 March 1995
132	São Tomé and Príncipe	November 1993
—	Saudi Arabia	—	—
133	Senegal	1960
134	Serbia	9 October 1991
135	Seychelles	September 1992
136	Sierra Leone
137	Singapore	11 May 1969
138	Slovakia	1 January 1993
139	Slovenia	28 April 1992
140	Solomon Islands	January 1989
—	Somalia	—	—
141	South Africa	24 May 1948	24 May 1948
142	South Sudan	28 July 2011	28 July 2011	Further detailsFull diplomatic relations announced; Israel had recognised South Sudan on 10 July 2011.
143	Spain	17 January 1986
144	Sri Lanka	16 September 1950
—	Sudan	—	—
145	Suriname	February 1976
146	Eswatini	September 1968
147	Sweden	15 February 1949	13 June 1950
148	Switzerland	25 January 1949
—	Syria	—	—
149	Tajikistan	April 1992
150	Tanzania
151	Thailand	26 September 1950
152	Timor-Leste	29 August 2002
153	Togo
154	Tonga	June 1977
155	Trinidad and Tobago	January 1962
—	Tunisia	3 October 1994	—
156	Turkey	28 March 1949	12 March 1950
157	Turkmenistan	6 October 1993
158	Tuvalu	July 1984
159	Uganda
160	Ukraine	26 December 1991
—	United Arab Emirates	—	—
161	United Kingdom	13 May 1949
162	United States	14 May 1948	31 January 1949
163	Uruguay	19 May 1948	19 May 1948
164	Uzbekistan	21 February 1992
165	Vanuatu	16 December 1993
166	Venezuela	27 June 1948	27 June 1948
167	Vietnam	12 July 1993
—	Yemen	—	—
168	Zambia
169	Zimbabwe	26 November 1993

Non-UN member states

State	Date of recognition	Notes
Cook Islands	2008
Republic of China	1 March 1949
Vatican City	15 June 1994

Former states

State	Date of de facto recognition	Date of de jure recognition	Notes
Czechoslovakia	18 May 1948	18 May 1948
Soviet Union	17 May 1948	17 May 1948
Yugoslavia	19 May 1948	18 May 1948

See also

• Foreign relations of Israel
• International recognition of the State of Palestine

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