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COUNTRY	DESCRIPTION
Afghanistan	Does not accept Israeli passports.
Albania	title=Albania and Israel in Accord To Establish Diplomatic Ties|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/20/world/albania-and-israel-in-accord-to-establish-diplomatic-ties.html|accessdate=4 August 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=20 August 1991}}</ref>
Algeria	title=Visa information: Algeria|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=DZ&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association|accessdate=2011-09-25}}</ref>
Angola	Date full diplomatic relations established
Antigua and Barbuda	Date full diplomatic relations established
Armenia	Date full diplomatic relations established
Austria	author=Government of Austria|title=Bilateral Relations|url= http://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/embassy/tel-aviv/bilateral-relations.html|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref>
Azerbaijan	Date full diplomatic relations established.
Bahrain	Israel maintained a representative mission in Manama from 1996 until it was closed in 2000. In October 2009, parliament ruled that any form of relations with Israel or its people (government, business or private) was illegal, and banned the government from establishing diplomatic relations.
Bangladesh	title=Visa information: Bangladesh|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=BD&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Barbados	Date full diplomatic relations established
Belarus	Date full diplomatic relations established
Belize	Date full diplomatic relations established
Benin	Date full diplomatic relations established. Relations severed in October 1973, and resumed in July 1992.
Bolivia	author=Staff writers|title=Bolivia cuts Israel ties over Gaza|url= http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/01/200911415461671162.html|date=15 January 2009|newspaper=Al Jazeera|accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref>
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Date full diplomatic relations established
Botswana	Broke off relations on November 1973, restored in December 1993.
Brunei	title=Visa information: Brunei Darussalam|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=BN&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association|accessdate=2011-09-25}}</ref>
Bulgaria	author=Government of Bulgaria|title=Diplomatic relations between Bulgaria and Israel|url= http://www.mfa.bg/en/118/pages/menu/509|accessdate=4 August 2011}}</ref>
Burkina Faso	title=Burkina Faso Fact File|url= http://www.iss.co.za/AF/profiles/BurkinaFaso/burkina_index.html|publisher=Institute for Security Studies|accessdate=24 September 2011}}</ref>
Burma	Date full diplomatic relations established
Burundi	Relations severed in May 1973, and restored in March 1995.
Cambodia	Date full diplomatic relations established. Cambodia broke off relations in 1975; they were restored on 5 October 1993.
Cameroon	author=Times Wire Services|title=Israel, Cameroon Restore Ties After 13-Year Break|url= http://articles.latimes.com/1986-08-27/news/mn-14197_1_cameroon|date=27 August 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2011-10-16}}</ref>
Cape Verde	Date full diplomatic relations established
Central African Republic	Relations were broken in October 1973, were resumed in January 1991.
Chad	author=University of Dar es Salaam|title=Taamuli|volume=10|issue=2|year=1980|publisher=Department of Political Science, East African Literature Bureau |page=12}}</ref> Chad currently does not recognise Israel. In 2005, reports emerged of a mutual intention to renew diplomatic relations. Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page ).
China	The Republic of China granted de jure recognition to Israel on 1 March 1949. The two states maintained full diplomatic relations until Israel's recognition of the People's Republic of China on 8 January 1950. The PRC, however, did not formally reciprocate until the eventual establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992.
Cote d'Ivoire	Date full diplomatic relations established. Prior to this date, it had maintained trade relations since 15 February 1961. Relations severed in November 1973, and resumed in February 1986.
Croatia	Date full diplomatic relations established
Cuba	Cuba broke relations with Israel in September 1973, and the current government does not recognise it.
Cyprus	title=Middle East Record Volume 1, 1960|year=1960|publisher=The Israel Oriental Society|url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=0LooyExir7EC&pg=PA181&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false|author=Yitzhak Oron|page=181}}</ref>
Czech Republic	Recognition extended under Czechoslovakia . Relations under Czechoslovakia were severed between June 1967 and February 1990. Diplomatic relations with the Czech Republic were established 1 January 1993.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	author=Emizet F. Kisangani; F. Scott Bobb|title=Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|page=29|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0-8108-5761-2}}</ref>
Dominica	Date full diplomatic relations established
Egypt	Signatory to the Khartoum Declaration. Later became the first Arab state to recognise Israel, with the Egypt\u2013Israel Peace Treaty .
Equatorial Guinea	title=Africa research bulletin: Political, social, and cultural series, 31|year=1994|publisher=Blackwell|url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=XbqMAAAAIAAJ&q=&dq=|page=1348|quote=Equatorial Guinea re-established diplomatic relations with Israel on January 6th.}}</ref>
Eritrea	Date full diplomatic relations established
Estonia	Date full diplomatic relations established
Ethiopia	Prior to de jure recognition, Ethiopia maintained consular relations with Israel since 1956. Relations were broken in October 1973, and resumed in November 1989.
Federated States of Micronesia	Date full diplomatic relations established
Fiji	Date full diplomatic relations established
Gabon	Relations severed in October 1973, and resumed in September 1993.
Gambia	Relations broken in October 1973, and resumed in September 1992.
Georgia	Date full diplomatic relations established
Germany	Date full diplomatic relations established. Prior to this, Germany signed the Reparations agreement with Israel.
Ghana	Relations broken in October 1973, and resumed in August 1994.
Greece	Date full diplomatic relations established
Grenada	Date full diplomatic relations established
Guinea	Broke relations with Israel on 12 June 1967.
Guinea-Bissau	Date full diplomatic relations established
Guyana	Broke off relations in March 1974, restored in March 1992.
Haiti	Date full diplomatic relations established
Hungary	title=Hungary Restores Ties With Israel|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/19/world/hungary-restores-ties-with-israel.html}} </ref>
Indonesia	Can only travel to Indonesia with an invitation from the Department of Immigration of Indonesia. General Israeli citizens are prohibited from entering the country.
Iran	title=Visa information: Iran|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=IR&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref> and the holders of Iranian passports are "not entitled to travel to the occupied Palestine" Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist}} template (see the help page ).
Iraq	Does not accept Israeli passports.
Jordan	Signatory to the Khartoum Declaration. Later became the second Arab state to recognise Israel in the Israel\u2013Jordan peace treaty .
Kazakhstan	Date full diplomatic relations established
Kenya	Severed relation in November 1973, resumed in December 1988.
Kiribati	Date full diplomatic relations established
Kuwait	title=Visa information: Kuwait|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=KW&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Laos	author=Government of Laos|title=List of states which the Lao PDR has established diplomatic relations since 1950|url= http://www.mofa.gov.la/List of staes which the lao PDR Diplomatic_relation since1950.pdf|date=2 November 2007|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|accessdate=2011-08-02}}</ref>
Latvia	Date full diplomatic relations established
Lebanon	title=Visa information: Lebanon|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=LB&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Liberia	Relations severed in November 1973, and resumed in August 1983.
Libya	title=Visa information: Libya|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=LY&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Lithuania	Date full diplomatic relations established
Madagascar	Relations broken in October 1973, and resumed in January 1994.
Malawi	Date full diplomatic relations established
Malaysia	author=Yusof, Husna|title=Israelis allowed into Malaysia with conditions|newspaper=The Sun Daily|date=2 November 2011|publisher=The Sun}}</ref>
Maldives	Date given is the date full diplomatic relations were established.
Mali	Relations severed on 5 January 1973.
Malta	Date full diplomatic relations established
Mauritania	title=Israel closes Mauritania embassy|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7928790.stm}} </ref> severed on 21 March 2010
Mauritius	Severed relation in July 1976, restored in September 1993.
Nepal	Date full diplomatic relations established
Nicaragua	In June 2010, Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with Israel.
Niger	Relations severed on 4 January 1973.
Nigeria	Relations broken in October 1973, were resumed in May 1992.
Oman	title=Visa information: Oman|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=OM&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Pakistan	title=Pakistan K1 Fiancee Visa Processing Times|url= http://www.k1-fiancee-visa-law.com/k1-visa-processing-times/pakistan-k1-visa-processing-times/|accessdate=27 August 2011}}</ref>
Palestine	Signatory to the Khartoum Declaration. Recognise Israel as part of the Oslo I Accord .
Poland	title=Poland Resumes Full Diplomatic Ties With Israel|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/28/world/poland-resumes-full-diplomatic-ties-with-israel.html}} </ref>
Qatar	title=Political risk yearbook: Middle East & North Africa, 2|year=1998|publisher=Frost & Sullivan. Political Risk Services, Political Risk Services (IBC USA (Publications) Inc.)|url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=JxqOAAAAMAAJ&q=|accessdate=6 August 2011|page=56}}</ref> Trade offices closed in February 2009.
Republic of Macedonia	Date given is the date full diplomatic relations were established.
Republic of the Congo	Date full diplomatic relations established. Broke relations on 31 December 1972, resumed in August 1991.
Russia	Recognition extended as the Soviet Union . Relations broken in 1967, restored on 19 October 1991.
Rwanda	Relations severed in October 1973, and restored in October 1994.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Date full diplomatic relations established
Saint Lucia	Date full diplomatic relations established
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Date full diplomatic relations established
Samoa	Date full diplomatic relations established
Saudi Arabia	title=Visa information: Saudi Arabia|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=SA&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Senegal	Relations broken in October 1973, and resumed in August 1994.
Serbia	title=Daily report: East Europe, 192\u2013201|year=1991|publisher=The Service|url= http://books.google.dk/books?id=gCsUAQAAMAAJ&dq=&q=#search_anchor|accessdate=5 August 2011|page=33 & 39}}</ref>
Seychelles	Date full diplomatic relations established
Sierra Leone	Relations broken in October 1973, and resumed in May 1992.
Singapore	Date full diplomatic relations established
Slovakia	Recognition extended under Czechoslovakia . Relations under Czechoslovakia were severed between June 1967 and February 1990. Diplomatic relations with Slovakia were established 1 January 1993.
Somalia	Does not accept Israeli passports.
South Korea	Date full diplomatic relations established
South Sudan	title=PM Netanyahu's Remarks at the Start of the Weekly Cabinet Meeting|url= http://www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng/Communication/Spokesman/2011/07/spoekstart100711.htm|accessdate=4 August 2011}}</ref>
Sudan	title=Visa information: Sudan|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=SD&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Syria	title=Visa information: Syria|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=SY&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Tanzania	Relations broken in October 1973, and resumed in February 1995.
The Bahamas	Date full diplomatic relations established
Togo	Relations severed in September 1973, and restored in June 1987.
Tonga	Date full diplomatic relations established
Turkey	In September 2011, Turkey downgraded ties with Israel to second secretary level.
Turkmenistan	Date full diplomatic relations established
Tuvalu	Date full diplomatic relations established
Uganda	Broke relations on 30 March 1972, and restored in July 1994.
United Arab Emirates	title=Visa information: UAE|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=AE&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Uzbekistan	Date full diplomatic relations established
Vanuatu	Date full diplomatic relations established
Venezuela	Relations severed in January 2009.
Vietnam	Date full diplomatic relations established
Yemen	title=Visa information: Yemen|url= http://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?SpecData=1&VISA=&page=visa&NA=IL&DE=YE&PASSTYPES=PASS&user=DL&subuser=DELTAB2C|work=Timatic Web|publisher=Air Transport Association}}</ref>
Zambia	Relations broken in October 1973, and resumed in December 1991.
Zimbabwe	Date full diplomatic relations established

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