List of diplomatic missions of Israel explained
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Israel, excluding honorary consulates. As of November 2021, there are 82 resident embassies, including a Taiwan office, and 22 consulate-generals and two representative missions in the 165 states that recognise Israel.[1]
Israel also maintains five missions to multilateral organisations, of which four missions are to the United Nations and one mission to the European Union. Israel also maintains an economic and cultural office in Taiwan and a representative office to the International Renewable Energy Agency in the United Arab Emirates.[2]
Israel's biggest diplomatic coup in the international community came with peace treaties and recognition from Arab countries such as Egypt in the late 1970s, and Jordan in the early 1990s, leading to embassies being opened in Cairo and Amman. During the late 1980s, several Israeli embassies were opened/reopened in former Eastern Bloc states as the Cold War ended. At the beginning of the 1990s, Israel established official relations with the Soviet Union, India and China. The prospects of a Middle East peace agreement in the mid-1990s led to Israeli government offices appearing as trade representative offices being opened in a handful of Arab states such as Bahrain, Qatar, Tunisia, Oman and Morocco. By 2000s, all have since closed the Israeli offices.[3] [4] [5] [6] Israel closed its embassies in Mauritania and Venezuela after the 2008 Gaza War, following a request to do so by their national governments. Following the signing of the Abraham Accords, Israel opened embassies in Abu Dhabi[7] and Manama in 2021,[8] [9] a consulate-general in Dubai,[10] and a liaison office in Rabat.[11]
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Multilateral organisations
- Brussels (permanent mission to the European Union)
- Geneva (permanent mission to United Nations institutions)
- New York City (permanent mission to the United Nations)
- Paris (permanent mission to United Nations institutions)
- Vienna (permanent mission to United Nations institutions)
Diplomatic missions to open
Closed missions
- Sydney (Consulate-General) — opened in 1949, closed in 2002
- Cotonou (Embassy) — opened in 1964, closed in 1973
- La Paz (Embassy) — opened in 1975, closed in 2009
- Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General) — opened in 1949, closed in 2002
- Ouagadougou (Embassy) — opened in 1964, closed in 1973
- Phnom Penh (Embassy) — opened in 1967, closed in 1975
- Bangui (Embassy) — opened in 1961, closed in 1973
- Bogota (Embassy) — opened in 1957, closed in 2024[127]
- Brazzaville (Embassy) — opened in 1960, closed in 1972
- Havana (Embassy) — opened in 1960, closed in 1973
- Kinshasa (Embassy) — opened in 1982, closed in 2003
- Alexandria (Consulate-General) — opened in 1982, closed in 2002
- San Salvador (Embassy) — opened in 1974, closed in 2016
- Asmara (Embassy) — opened in 1993, closed in 2022
- Mbabane (Embassy) — opened in 1968, closed in 1996
- Suva (Embassy) — opened in 1987, closed in 1995
- Marseille (Consulate-General) — opened in 1951, closed in 2015
- Libreville (Embassy) — opened in 1963, closed in 1973
- Bonn (Consulate-General) — opened in 1955, closed in 1967
- Conakry (Embassy) — opened in 1959, closed in 1967
- Port-au-Prince (Embassy) — opened in 1973, closed in 1990
- Tehran (Embassy) — opened in 1964, closed in 1979
- Milan (Consulate-General) — opened in 1967, closed in 1996
- Kingston (Embassy) — opened in 1975, closed in 1995
- Beirut (Representative Office) — opened in 1982, closed in 1984
- Monrovia (Embassy) — opened in 1957, closed in 1973
- Antananarivo (Embassy) — opened in 1960, closed in 1973
- Lilongwe (Embassy) — opened in 1964, closed in 1997
- Bamako (Embassy) — opened in 1960, closed in 1972
- Nouakchott (Embassy) — opened in 1999, closed in 2009[128] [129] [130]
- Amsterdam (Embassy) — opened in 1949, closed in 1970
- Niamey (Embassy) — opened in 1961, closed in 1972
- Lagos (Embassy) — opened in 1960, closed in 1973
- Muscat (Commercial Office) — opened in 1996, closed in 2000
- Asunción (Embassy) — opened in 2015, closed in 2018
- Doha (Trade Office) — opened in 1995;[131] closed in 2009[132] [133] (Diplomatic Office) — opened and closed in 2022[134] [135]
- Freetown (Embassy) — opened in 1961, closed in 1973
- Johannesburg (Embassy) — opened in 1949, closed in 1980
- Colombo (Interests Section) — opened in 1983, closed in 1990
- Zürich (Consulate-General) — opened in 1949, closed in 1990
- Dar es Salaam (Embassy) — opened in 1961, closed in 1973
- Lomé (Embassy) — opened in 1962, closed in 1973
- Tunis (Representative Office) — opened in 1996, closed in 2000
- Kampala (Embassy) — opened in 1962, closed in 1972
- Dallas (Consulate-General) — opened in 1960, closed in 1962
- Philadelphia (Consulate-General) — opened in 1964, closed in 2015
- Caracas (Embassy) — opened in 1958, closed in 2009
- Lusaka (Embassy) — opened in 1964, closed in 1973
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://embassies.gov.il/Pages/IsraeliMissionsAroundTheWorld.aspx embassies.gov.il : Israeli Missions Around The World
- https://www.irena.org/newsroom/pressreleases/2015/Nov/Israeli-Delegation-Discusses-Cooperation-with-IRENA-on-Advancement-of-Renewable-Energy Israeli Delegation Discusses Cooperation with IRENA on Advancement of Renewable Energy
- News: Gedalyahu, Tzvi Ben. Bahrain Red-Faced for 'Kissing Camel' Toy with Name 'Israel'. 27 June 2010. Arutz Sheva. 2011-10-16. "Bahrain does not recognize Israel as a state, but Israel maintained a diplomatic mission in Bahrain before it was closed in 2000 at the start of the Second Intifada."
- Book: The Middle East: Abstracts and index. 1999. Library Information and Research Service. 5 August 2011. Tunisia and Israel announced on 10/3/1994 the establishment of low-level diplomatic relations, a move that both countries described as the first step in the normalization of ties. The two countries will establish economic liaison..
- Web site: Israel and Morocco: A Special Relationship. 5 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928225843/http://www.dayan.org/commentary/ISRAEL%20AND%20MOROCCO%20A%20SPECIAL%20RELATIONSHIP.pdf. 28 September 2011.
- Web site: Oman recognizes Israel as a state. 27 October 2018.
- News: Israel opens embassy in Abu Dhabi . Reuters . 24 January 2021 . 25 January 2021.
- News: Israeli Foreign Minister to Open New Bahrain Embassy on Thursday . Bloomberg . 29 September 2021 . 25 January 2022.
- News: Lapid inaugurates Israeli embassy in Bahrain . Times of Israel . 30 September 2021 . 25 January 2022.
- Web site: Lapid inaugurates Israeli Consulate in Dubai: 'We created the incredible' . 2022-08-04 . The Jerusalem Post JPost.com . en-US.
- Web site: 2021-08-12 . Israel's envoy inaugurates diplomatic mission in Morocco . 2022-08-04 . AP NEWS . en.
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