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

[[File:Pakistani passport not valid for Israel.jpg|thumb|A Pakistani passport not valid for travel to Israel]]

Israel and Pakistan do not have diplomatic relations with each other, and [[Pakistani passport]]s say 'This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel'. Israeli authorities told a traveller that Pakistanis could apply for a visa, and that they would issue a paper visa and put the entry and exit stamps on it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/19633/entering-jerusalem-as-a-pakistani-muslim/ |title=I entered Jerusalem as a Pakistani Muslim |work=The Express Tribune |date=31 December 2013 |author=Kashan Arshad |access-date=3 March 2016 |archive-date=20 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220065905/http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/19633/entering-jerusalem-as-a-pakistani-muslim/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Some Israeli leaders have expressed the belief that should diplomatic relations with Pakistan be established, then Pakistan could serve as a bridge between Israel and the [[Muslim world]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=14909 |title=Bhutto wanted ties with Israel, sought Mossad protection |publisher=israel today |access-date=2 June 2010 |archive-date=24 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224210649/http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=178&nid=14909%20 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2008, the Israeli Foreign minister stated that "Israel considers Pakistan as its biggest strategic threat" in light of concern over the increasing [[Taliban]] threat in Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/pakistan-biggest-threat-to-israel-israeli-fm_100183408.html |title=Pakistan biggest threat to Israel: Israeli FM&nbsp;– Thaindian News |publisher=Thaindian.com |date=23 April 2009 |access-date=2 December 2010 |archive-date=27 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927023553/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/pakistan-biggest-threat-to-israel-israeli-fm_100183408.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks]] in India, there was an attack on the Nariman House Jewish community centre. Six people (among them four Israeli citizens), including a Jewish rabbi and his pregnant wife, were killed with some of them being tortured before being killed. The Islamic terrorists had illegally come from Pakistan, reportedly on the instructions of Pakistan Army's [[Inter Services Intelligence]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/world/asia/04india.html |title=Ex-US Official Cites Pakistani Training for India Attackers |work=The New York Times |date=3 December 2008 |author=Somini Sengupta and Eric Schmitt}}</ref>