Editing Foreign relations of Israel (section)

=== Russia and the Soviet Union ===
{{Main|Israel–Russia relations}}

{{See also|Soviet Union and the Arab–Israeli conflict|Russia and the Arab–Israeli conflict}}
[[File:Putin-Netanyahu-Moscow Victory Day Parade 09-05-2018.jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Vladimir Putin]] at the [[2018 Moscow Victory Day Parade]]]]
The [[Soviet Union]] voted in favor of the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]] in 1947, which paved the way for the creation of the State of Israel. On 17 May 1948, on the third day of Israel's independence, the [[Soviet Union and the Arab–Israeli conflict#Establishment of the State of Israel|Soviet Union granted ''de jure'' recognition]] to the State of Israel, becoming only the second country to recognise Israel (preceded only by the United States' ''de facto'' recognition) and the first country to grant Israel ''de jure'' recognition.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=2193961|title=The Recognition of Israel|first=Philip Marshall|last=Brown|date=1 January 1948|journal=The American Journal of International Law|volume=42|issue=3|pages=620–627|doi=10.2307/2193961|s2cid=147342045 }}</ref>

The Soviet Union and the other [[Eastern Bloc|communist states of Eastern Europe]] (with the exception of Romania) cut diplomatic ties with Israel during the Six-Day War. Relations were restored on 19 October 1991, a few months before the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], despite the fact that hostile Arab countries such as Syria also maintain close ties with Russia. Russia is known to supply Syria with weapons.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=53299 |title=Israel slams Russia for arming Syria |date=2010-03-26 |accessdate=2024-02-06 |first1=Yaakov |last1=Katz |work=[[The Jerusalem Post]] }}</ref>

In September 2010, Israel and Russia signed a comprehensive military agreement that will "increase cooperation on combating terrorism" and the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Israeli Defense Minister [[Ehud Barak]] met with his Russian counterpart, [[Anatoly Serdyukov]] and Prime Minister [[Vladimir Putin]], and signed the agreement during a ceremony in Moscow. The Russian military plans on purchasing additional Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles. Russia previously bought 12 drones from the [[Israel Aerospace Industries]] following the [[2008 South Ossetia war|war in South Ossetia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz |first=Yaakov |url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=187362 |title=Barak signs military deal with Russia |work=The Jerusalem Post|date=20 November 2012 }}</ref>