Editing Foreign relations of Israel (section)

=== No diplomatic relations ===

==== Member states of the United Nations ====
As of 2024, 32 United Nations member states do not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel (period of former relations marked in parentheses):
*Africa: [[Algeria]], [[Comoros]], [[Djibouti]], [[Libya]], [[Mali]] (1960–1973), [[Mauritania]] (1999–2009),<ref name="ajties">[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/2009116151135307776.html Qatar, Mauritania cut Israel ties] Al Jazeera. Date: Friday, 16 January 2009</ref> [[Niger]] (1960–1973, 1996–2002), [[Somalia]], [[Tunisia]] (trade relations 1996–2000)
:''(Algeria,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1A1-D8THHF780.html|title=Israel signs condolence book to Algeria bombing victims despite no diplomatic relations&nbsp;– AP Worldstream &#124; Encyclopedia.com}}</ref>'' ''Libya,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/12/04-3 |title=Libya Complains of Israeli High Sea 'Piracy' to UN Council |publisher=CommonDreams.org |access-date=22 September 2009 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016050351/https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/12/04-3 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and'' ''Somalia<ref>{{Cite book|author=American Universities Field Staff|title=AUFS reports: Northeast Africa series|page=5|year=1966|postscript=:}} "Somalia does not recognise Israel, and generally sides with the Arab cause in the Near Eastern controversy."</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Dizard, Wilson |title=Columbus Council on World Affairs Welcomes President Ahmed |url=http://www.somalilink.com/ohio.html |newspaper=The Somali Link |publisher=Somalilink.com |access-date=4 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402165057/http://www.somalilink.com/ohio.html |archive-date=2 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| author = Itamar Rabinovich| title = Israel in the Middle East: documents and readings on society, politics, and foreign relations, pre-1948 to the present| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iVJR9UZnTVAC&pg=PA200| year = 2008| publisher = UPNE| isbn = 978-0-87451-962-4| page = 200}}</ref> do not recognise Israel)''
*Americas: [[Belize]] (1985–2023),<ref>{{cite web |title=Belize joins diplomatic bachlash against Israel over Gaza bombardment |url=https://aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/15/belize-suspends-ties-with-israel-due-to-gaza-bombardment |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/belize-suspends-ties-with-israel-over-unceasing-indiscriminate-bombing-in-gaza/|title=Belize suspends ties with Israel over 'unceasing indiscriminate bombing' in Gaza|website=The Times of Israel|date=15 November 2023|access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref> [[Bolivia]] (1950–2009; 2019–2023),<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramos |first=Daniel |date=2023-11-01 |title=Bolivia severs ties with Israel, others recall envoys over Gaza |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivia-severs-diplomatic-ties-with-israel-citing-crimes-against-humanity-2023-10-31/ |access-date=2023-11-01}}</ref> [[Colombia]] (1957–2024), [[Cuba]] (1950–1973),<ref name="ICJ">{{cite web |url=http://www.mythsandfacts.org/ReplyOnlineEdition/chapter-1.html |title='Reply' Online Book Chapter 1 |publisher=Mythsandfacts.org |access-date=22 September 2009 |archive-date=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727104815/http://www.mythsandfacts.org/ReplyOnlineEdition/chapter-1.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref name="alliance">enduring alliance with the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].</ref> [[Nicaragua]] (1948–2024),<ref name="ilcut" /> [[Venezuela]] (1950–2009)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50E0FF20090115 |title=Reuters |date=14 January 2009}}</ref> 
*[[East Asia]]: [[North Korea]]<ref name="nm">non-Muslim country, enduring alliance with the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].</ref> ''(does not recognise Israel as a state)''<ref name="Haggard">{{cite journal|last=Haggard|first=M|year=1965|title=North Korea's International Position|journal=[[Asian Survey]]|volume=5|issue=8|pages=375–388|issn=0004-4687|oclc=48536955|doi=10.2307/2642410|jstor=2642410}}</ref>
*Middle East: [[Iran]] (1948–1951, 1953–1979), [[Iraq]], [[Kuwait]], [[Lebanon]], [[Oman]] (trade relations 1996–2000), [[Qatar]] (trade relations 1996–2009),<ref name=ajties /> [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Syria]], [[Yemen]]
:''(Iran,''<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Says_Israel_Stops_Its_Aid_Ship_To_Gaza/1369553.html Iran Says Israel Stops Its Aid Ship To Gaza&nbsp;– Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009], Iran recognised Israel and had ties with it prior to the 1979 Islamic Revolution.</ref> ''Iraq,''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/13571/ |title=Bill Presses Iraq To Recognize Israel&nbsp;– |date=13 June 2008 |publisher=Forward.com}}</ref> ''Kuwait,''<ref name="ICJ" /> ''Lebanon,''<ref name="ICJ" /> ''Saudi Arabia,''<ref name="ICJ" /> ''Syria''<ref name="ICJ" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Assad: We won't recognize Israel|author=Roee Nahmias|newspaper=Ynetnews|date=4 September 2008 |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3592331,00.html}}</ref> ''and Yemen''<ref name="ICJ" /> ''do not recognise Israel as a state)''
*South and Central Asia: [[Afghanistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Maldives]] (1965–1974),<ref name=maldives>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-regime-changes-in-maldives-israel-loses-rare-muslim-ally/ As regime changes in Maldives, Israel loses a rare Muslim ally], The Times of Israel, 14 February 2012.</ref> [[Pakistan]]
:''(Afghanistan,''<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff writers|title=Kabul will forge Israel ties if Palestinians form State: Karzai|url=http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?130728|newspaper=Pak Tribune|date=9 January 2006|publisher=Pakistan News Service|access-date=5 August 2011|archive-date=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120042109/http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?130728|url-status=dead}}</ref>'' Bangladesh''<ref name="bang">{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/21/mideast.main/index.html | publisher=CNN | title=Israeli troops shoot Hezbollah militants | access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> ''and Pakistan''<ref name="ICJ" /> ''do not recognise Israel as a state)''
*[[Southeast Asia]]: [[Brunei]], [[Indonesia]],<ref name="ICJ" /><ref name="bang" /><ref name="bbc1">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5262490.stm Israel alarm at UN force members], BBC</ref> [[Malaysia]]<ref name="ICJ" />
:''(none of these countries recognise Israel)''

Despite the lack of diplomatic relations, some of these countries accept [[Israeli passport]]s and acknowledge other indications of Israeli sovereignty.

==== Other states ====
[[File:Tzipi Livni, Salam Fayyad - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2008.jpg|thumb|[[Tzipi Livni]] shaking hands with [[Salam Fayyad]], 2008]]
Israel has no diplomatic relations with the following states or entities:
* [[Taiwan]] (Republic of China), which recognizes Israel, but does not officially conduct relations (though there are unofficial relations) because of Israel's recognition of the People's Republic of China.
* [[List of states with limited recognition|Other states with limited recognition]]: [[Abkhazia]], [[Northern Cyprus]], [[Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]], [[Somaliland]], [[South Ossetia]], [[Transnistria]] (Israel has not recognised the independence of any of these entities.)
* [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]