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=== Kosovo ===
{{Main|Israel–Kosovo relations}}

On 17 February 2008, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia, a move Serbia rejects. Kosovo has been [[International recognition of Kosovo|recognized]] by a substantial number of UN members, including the United States and most members of the European Union.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Foreign_Minister/Speeches/Press_conference_FM_Liberman_Belgrade_16_Sep_2009.htm Press conference with FM Liberman in Belgrade], Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 16 September 2009.</ref> At the time of the declaration, an Israeli Foreign Ministry official stated: "We haven't decided when we're going to decide, and instead will monitor events and consider the issue." Israel was reluctant to recognize Kosovo's independence, in part because of the possibility of Palestinians using recognition of Kosovo to justify their own unilateral declaration of independence.<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1203343699593&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Sources: Israel won't recognize Kosovo, for now] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916154608/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1203343699593&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |date=16 September 2011}}, The Jerusalem Post, 19 February 2008.</ref> On 21 September 2018 the president of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci told that he would place the Kosovo embassy in Jerusalem if Israel recognized Kosovo as an independent state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2018/09/21/default/kosovo-will-open-embassy-jerusalem-israel-recognizes-president-says |title=Kosovo will open an embassy in Jerusalem if Israel recognizes it |publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=9 November 2015}}</ref> Israel and Kosovo agreed to establish diplomatic relations on 4 September 2020.<ref>[https://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2020/Pages/Serbian-embassy-to-relocate-to-Jerusalem-5-September-2020.aspx Serbian embassy to relocate to Jerusalem, Israel and Kosovo to establish diplomatic relations], Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 5 September 2020.</ref> In March 2022, Kosovo officially opened its embassy in Jerusalem after becoming the first Muslim-majority territory to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pristina |first1=Agence France-Presse in |title=Kosovo opens embassy in Jerusalem after Israel recognises its independence |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/14/kosovo-opens-embassy-in-jerusalem-after-israel-recognises-its-independence |work=the Guardian |date=14 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>