The Recognition of Israel Since 1948

The video shows the recognition of the state of Israel when it was formally established by the Israeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948. As of December 2020, it has received diplomatic recognition from 164 (85%) of the 193 total UN member states. 28 member states have either never recognized Israel or have withdrawn their recognition; while others have severed diplomatic relations without explicitly withdrawing recognition.

[roguemegabyte]

I'm surprised that the USSR recognized it earlier than USA

[markopavle]

"The Soviet Union was the first country to grant de jure recognition to Israel on 17 May 1948, [7] followed by Nicaragua, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Poland." So Yugoslavia was among first. In this video you show EX YU countries in today borders.

[kiran]

It's interesting to me how, even within the Warsaw pact Romania remained semi independent with foreign policy

[wolfenorinolke]

I'm surprised that Iran at one point recognized Israel

[MendAmar]

USSR when Israel was created: recognizes
USSR during Yom Kippur war: doesn't recognize it

[limeliciousmapping]

Germany took a suspicious amount of time to recognize them

[VIC-tzwc]

It took so long for Spain to have relations with Israel because it always got along better with the non-aligned Arab countries. Israel was one of the countries that supported the boycott of Spain, which brought Spain and the Arab monarchies closer together, eventually having a good friendship with them., is reflected in the fact that Spain did not suffer a rise or shortage of oil in the oil crises.

[rustyshackleford]

Fun fact: Morocco only recently recognized Israel because the U.S. recognized their claims over the Western Sahara.

[HoradrimBR]

For those who are surprise with USSR support from the beggining, important to remember that, during the first decades os Israel, the dominant position among zionists was to be socialist as well.

Ben Gurion, that lead the first Israeli government, was a fanboy of Lenin (considerd above the jew Trotsky even).

It was not uncommon in jewish families in the earlier XXth century to have part of the chuldren directly involved with zionism and the other part with the Revolution - the "national and supranational callings".

The right wing zionism would became more important from 1970's onward, and is the dominant force today - the polarization today is between liberals and religious, with the conservative nationalism of Netanyahu being the dominant middle (even if this position being fragile).

PS: despite the inner locus of power in Israel change from the left in the 1970's, the favorable view of the jews by the USSR changed radically just after the recognition lf Israel, reproducing during the 1950's propaganda that portrait jews with the same old archetypes that the nazis used (hooked nose, money grablers, allied with the anglo imperialism to enslave peoples, etc).

[nothinghere]

A video that talk about Israel : **got lot of views**

60% of the comment section : *CHAOS*

[balkanskataraba]

Yugoslavia recognized Israel in 1948. and withdrew its recognition in 1967. It does not exist on this video

[Hannodb]

Wow! I didn't know the Soviet block recognised Israel before any Western country did. That's ironic. But are you sure the USSR recognised it even before Brittain did?

[fungaiinthecar]

Egyptian here
Paint it all blue

Love you from Egypt and may peace prevail in our region

[shivarghabhattacharya]

You know it's a real country when BHUTAN recognizes it as one

[botatobias]

0:30 Look that blue island in Eastern Europe... One of the MANY reasons you just don't get to call Communist Romania a Soviet sattelite, a fallacy that is painfully common.

[thesovietarcher]

Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia:We do not know Israel

[dbullcutter]

The map is wrong. From 1949 to 1991 there were TWO German states and only East Germany (DDR) didn't recognize Israel.

[kazumishimizu]

Please note that the dates used in this video refer to the date on which each individual state recognized Israel de jur (mutual embassys etc.) Some states had already de facto recognized the state of Israel. The USA, for example, made it clear on May 14, 1948 (the day Israel was founded) that it would recognize Israel. (West)Germany did the same thing in 1952, three years after the BRD (Westgermany) was founded.

[idk]

I bet north korea doesn't even know where Israel is or if it exists 😂

[astroo]

That map is incorrect. The USSR never suspended the recognition of Israel, it just severed the diplomatic relations temporarily. Same with Turkey after Navi Marmara. It lowered the ranking of the diplomatic relations but didn't suspend the recognition