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{{short description|'''Croatia: its Jewish community, relations with "Israel" and the debate on recognising Palestine'''}}<br />
About 1,700 Jews live in '''Croatia''', according to the [[World Jewish Congress]] (WJC).<ref name="WJCHR">World Jewish Congress, [https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/HR Community in Croatia] ''worldjewishcongress.org'', accessed 25 October 2026.</ref> In September 2025 the Croatian parliament rejected motions to recognise a Palestinian state and to suspend arms exports to "Israel".<ref name="HRT2025">Katja Miličić, [https://glashrvatske.hrt.hr/en/foreign/sabor-rejects-recognition-of-palestinian-state-12353470 Sabor rejects recognition of Palestinian state] ''HRT'', 26 September 2025, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref><br />
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==Jewish community==<br />
Three-quarters of Croatian Jews live in Zagreb, with small communities in Osijek, Rijeka, Split and Dubrovnik. The Coordinating Committee of the Jewish Communities in Croatia is the WJC's affiliate. The WJC says that fighting antisemitism has been difficult, "especially in light of the historical revisionist efforts to absolve the fascist Ustasha Movement of its responsibility for the mass murder of Jews and Serbs during World War II".<ref name="WJCHR" /><br />
===Chabad===<br />
:''Main article: [[Chabad-Lubavitch movement]]''<br />
The WJC notes that there is a Chabad presence in Croatia.<ref name="WJCHR" /><br />
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==Israeli state and commercial ties==<br />
===Diplomacy===<br />
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with Croatia as established in September 1997, with "Israel" represented by its embassy in Zagreb.<ref name="MFA2011">Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110805075305/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/about%20the%20ministry/diplomatic%20missions/Israel-s%20Diplomatic%20Missions%20Abroad Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations] ''mfa.gov.il'', archived 5 August 2011.</ref> The Israeli embassy is at Ulica grada Vukovara 271, 10000 Zagreb.<ref name="WJCHR" /><br />
===Arms trade===<br />
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) records Croatian purchases of two Hermes-450 reconnaissance drones (2006), UT-30MK2 turrets for six Patria AMV infantry fighting vehicles (a HRK94 million deal, 2017) and Spike-LR anti-tank missiles for the AMVs, with delivery planned for 2026.<ref name="SIPRI">Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, [https://armstransfers.sipri.org SIPRI Arms Transfers Database] ''SIPRI'', trade register for Israel as supplier, 1950–2025, data generated 20 October 2026.</ref><br />
===Trade===<br />
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics reports that "Israel" imported goods worth $36.2 million from Croatia in 2025 (2024: $75.3 million) and exported goods worth $24.9 million to it (2024: $24.1 million).<ref name="CBS">Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel), [https://www.cbs.gov.il/he/publications/DocLib/2026/fr_trade12_2025/td1.pdf Foreign Trade Statistics Monthly, Table D1: Trade Countries – Imports and Exports] ''CBS'', December 2025 issue (library copy).</ref><br />
==Political interference==<br />
===Recognition of Palestine===<br />
Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) reported on 26 September 2025 that the parliament had rejected a motion by the Možemo! party to recognise Palestine (44 votes to 73) and another to halt arms exports to "Israel" (46 to 71), and had instead adopted a government-backed conclusion calling on the government to "assess the moment" for recognition. A Most MP opposed recognition, saying: "Israel recognized Croatia in 1992. Palestine never did."<ref name="HRT2025" /> On 29 September Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said that it was not a question of whether Croatia would recognise Palestine but when.<ref name="HINA2025">HINA, [https://www.hina.hr/news/12066050 Plenković: Not a question of if, but when Croatia will recognise Palestine] ''hina.hr'', 29 September 2025, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref><br />
===UN voting===<br />
Croatia voted in favour of the September 2025 General Assembly resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on a two-state solution.<ref name="UNNY2025">United Nations General Assembly, [https://www.alquds.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Voting-rec-L.1-Rev.1.pdf Recorded vote on A/80/L.1/Rev.1: Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution], 12 September 2025 (copy hosted by ''Al-Quds Al-Arabi'').</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Albania]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Bosnia and Herzegovina]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Bulgaria]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Greece]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Kosovo]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Montenegro]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to North Macedonia]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Romania]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Serbia]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Slovenia]]<br />
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