page_title: Bangladesh–Israel relations
section_title: Diplomacy
hierarchical_section_title: Bangladesh–Israel relations / Diplomacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Bangladeshi Passport prohibits to travel to Israel
context_page_description: Bangladesh and Israel do not maintain diplomatic relations. Bangladesh said that it will not recognize Israel until there is an independent Palestine.
context_section_description: Bangladesh is one of 29 UN member states that does not recognize the state of Israel. It is one of several countries that officially bans its citizens from traveling to Israel and does not accept Israeli passports. In November 2003, Bangladeshi journalist Salah Choudhury was arrested for attempting to fly to Tel Aviv, arraigned for "sedition, treason, and blasphemy", and sentenced to a seven-year prison term. Bangladesh officially supports a sovereign Palestinian state and "an end to Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine".
  In a September 2011 statement published in The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli government spokesperson said, "We have no conflict with Bangladesh. We want dialogue. We want people-to-people relations. We welcome the religious-minded people of Bangladesh to visit the holy land of Jerusalem". Israel fruitlessly "sought a relationship with Bangladesh" after they had established "full diplomatic relations with China and India in 1992". Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina said in 2014, "We have been continuing our support to the Palestinians and occupation of their land by the Israelis is never acceptable". Dr Shadman Zaman became the first Bangladeshi national in history to visit Israel in 2017 using his Bangladeshi passport. Since then, he is said to be residing in England after receiving multiple death threats and potentially facing the prospect of a trial for treason.
caption: The Bangladeshi passport is valid for all countries of the world except Israel
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