List of diplomatic missions of Israel

Israeli embassy in Moscow

The list of Israeli diplomatic missions - contains 77 missions with the rank of embassies, 20 - at the level of consulates and 5 "special missions" in the 163 states that recognize Israel ^[1] .

From the very beginning of the state of Israel, he had problems with diplomatic recognition abroad. After the Six Day War of 1967 and the subsequent Israeli annexation of territories in the West Bank, the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights, most African and East European countries broke off diplomatic relations with it. In the late 1970s, Israel gradually restored relations with Egypt, in the early 1990s with Jordan, and opened its embassies in these countries. After the end of the Cold War , his embassies reappear in the former socialist countries of Europe. In the mid-1990s, Israeli diplomatic missions exchanged with a number of Arab and Muslim countries - with Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Niger, Oman and Qatar, but subsequently all of them were closed to protest Israel’s anti-terror policy in the Middle East. . In turn, Israel broke off diplomatic relations with Mauritania and Venezuela, and closed its offices in these countries due to the extremely negative reaction of these states about the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip “Cast Lead” , which caused a significant number of casualties among peaceful population.