International recognition of Israel

The State of Israel was established on 14 May, 1948 by the Israeli Declaration of Independence. They became a member of the United Nations on 11 May, 1949.

83% of UN members recognize Israel. However, many countries do not recognize Israel because of the Israeli conflict with neighboring countries, especially the Palestine–Israel conflict.

## By country

Most countries recognise Israel. 35 UN members, however, do not.

### List by country

|colspan="2"|State|Date of recognition|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||14 May 1948|First country to recognize Israel||
||17 May 1948|Russia withdrew recognition of Israel in 1967 and restored recognition of Israel in 1991||
||18 May 1948|Recognition of Israel withdrawn in 1967 and restored in February 1990 under Czechoslovakia||
||18 May 1948,|Nicaragua withdrew recognition of Israel in 2010 and restored recognition of Israel in 2017 Recognition of Israel was withdrawn again in 2024||
||18 May 1948|Poland withdrew recognition of Israel withdrawn in 1967 and restored recognition of Israel in February 1990||
||18 May 1948|Recognition of Israel withdrawn in 1967 and restored in February 1990 under Czechoslovakia||
||18 May 1948|||
||18 May 1948|||
||24 May 1948|Recognition of Israel withdrawn in 1967 and restored in 1989||
||24 May 1948|||
||11 June 1948|||
||11 June 1948|||
||19 June 1948|||
||19 June 1948|||
||27 June 1948|Recognition withdrawn in 2009||
||6 September 1948|||
||11 September 1948|||
||4 December 1948|Recognition of Israel withdrawn in 1967 and restored in 3 May 1990||
||29 December 1948|||
||14 January 1949|Recognition withdrawn in 1973||
||24 January 1949|||
||28 January 1948|||
||29 January 1949|||
||29 January 1949|||
||2 February 1949|||
||8 February 1949|||
||11 February 1949|||
||11 February 1949|Liberia withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition of Israel in August 1983||
||12 February 1949|||
||15 February 1949|||
||22 February 1949|Bolivia withdrew recognition of Israel in 2009 and later restored recognition of Israel in 2019 It withdrew recognition of Israel again in 2023 due to Israel-Hamas war||
||26 February 1949|||
||1 February 1949|Colombia withdrew recognition of Israel in 2024||
||2 February 1949|||
||4 February 1949|||
||7 February 1949|||
||9 February 1949|||
||14 February 1949|||
||1 March 1949|Republic of China withdrew recognition of Israel in 1950 after Israel recognized the People's republic of China||
||15 March 1949|||
||15 March 1949|||
||28 March 1949|Withdrew recognition in 2010 and restored in 2016Recognition of Israel withdrawn again in 2024||
||16 April 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||11 May 1949|||
||13 May 1949|||
||15 January 1950|||
||6 March 1950|Recognition withdrawn in 1979||
||16 September 1950|||
||17 September 1950|||
||26 September 1950|||
||15 May 1952|||
||10 September 1952|||
||13 July 1953|||
||1957|Ghana withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition of Israel in 1994||
||February 1957|Laos withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition of Israel in 1993||
||1958|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1967 and restored recognition of Israel in 2016||
||1960|Recognition withdrawn in 1973 and later restored in 1991||
||1960|Recognition withdrawn in 1973 and restored in 1994||
||1960|Recognition of Israel withdrawn in 1973 and later restored in 1994||
||1960|Recognition withdrawn in 1973||
||1960|Withdrew in 1973, restored in 1996 and withdrawn in 2002||
||1960|Nigeria withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1992||
||1 June 1960|||
||26 June 1960|Recognition withdrawn in 1973 and restored in 1982||
||30 August 1960|Cambodia withdrew recognition of Israel in 1975 and restored recognition in 1993||
||15 September 1960|Cameroon withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and later restored recognition on 1986||
||9 November 1960|Recognition withdrawn in 1972 and later restored in 1991||
||1961|Sierra Leone withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1992||
||1961|Tanzania withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1995||
||10 January 1961|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1972 and later restored recognition in 2019||
||21 January 1961|||
||15 February 1961|Ivory Coast withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in February 1986||
||5 July 1961|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in October 1993||
||24 October 1961|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in November 1989||
||5 December 1961|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1992||
||1962|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1995||
||1962|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1994||
||1962|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1994||
||January 1962|||
||August 1962|||
||10 April 1962|||
||December 1963|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1988||
||1964|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1991||
||January 1964|||
||July 1964|||
||1965|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1992||
||January 1965|||
||29 October 1965|Maldives withdrew recognition of Israel in 1974||
||1966|||
||1966|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1974 and restored recognition in 1992||
||1966|||
||29 August 1967|||
||1968|Withdrew recognition of Israel in 1973 and restored recognition in 1994||
||1968|||
||September 1968|||
||11 May 1969|||
||August 1970|||
||1973|||
||January 1975|||
||February 1976|||
||12 May 1977|||
||June 1977|||
||June 1977|||
||19 November 1977|||
||1978|||
||January 1978|||
||January 1979|||
||January 1981|||
||22 June 1983|||
||January 1984|||
||21 May 1984|||
||July 1984|||
||6 September 1984|Withdrawn in 2023||
||17 January 1986|||
||16 September 1987|||
||23 November 1988|||
||January 1989|||
||2 October 1991|||
||January 1992|||
||6 January 1992|||
||8 January 1992|||
||9 January 1992|||
||24 January 1992|||
||31 January 1992|||
||21 February 1992|||
||March 1992|||
||April 1992|||
||4 April 1992|||
||7 April 1992|||
||10 April 1992|||
||16 April 1992|||
||28 April 1992|||
||1 June 1992|||
||22 June 1992|||
||September 1992|||
||6 May 1993|||
||12 July 1993|||
||23 July 1993|||
||29 September 1993|||
||6 October 1993|||
||November 1993|||
||26 November 1993|||
||16 December 1993|||
||11 February 1994|||
||March 1994|||
||13 April 1994|||
||15 June 1994|||
||17 July 1994|||
||2 October 1994|||
||26 October 1994|||
||December 1994|||
||7 December 1995|||
||4 September 1997|||
||26 September 1997|||
||28 October 1999|Withdrawn in 2009||
||29 August 2002|||
||12 July 2006|||
||2008|||
||2008|||
||28 July 2011|||
||13 August 2020|||
||4 September 2020|||
||11 September 2020|||
||23 October 2020|||
||12 December 2020|||

## Related pages

- International recognition of Palestine