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{{short description|'''Iceland: relations with "Israel", recognition of Palestine and the Eurovision boycott'''}}<br />
'''Iceland''' recognised "Israel" in May 1948.<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> It recognised the State of Palestine on 15 December 2011, the first Western and Northern European country to do so according to the Palestinian foreign minister.<ref name="UNISPALIceland2011">Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, via UNISPAL, [https://www.un.org/unispal/document/auto-insert-193131/ Iceland and Palestine confirm establishment of full diplomatic relations] ''United Nations'', 15 December 2011, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref><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 Iceland as recognition in May 1948, with "Israel" represented by its ambassador in Norway, with an honorary consul in Reykjavik.<ref name="MFA2011" /><br />
===Trade===<br />
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics reports that "Israel" imported goods worth $7.4 million from Iceland in 2025 (2024: $3.8 million) and exported goods worth $6.0 million to it (2024: $2.0 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 />
Following a resolution of the Althingi of 29 November 2011, which was passed unopposed, the Icelandic foreign minister, Össur Skarphéðinsson, presented a diplomatic note to the Palestinian foreign minister, Riad Malki, stating that Iceland had recognised Palestine "as an independent and sovereign state within the pre-1967 Six Day War borders" as of 15 December 2011. He described the recognition as "a matter of justice".<ref name="UNISPALIceland2011" /><br />
===Eurovision===<br />
On 10 December 2025 the Icelandic public broadcaster RÚV announced that it would not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, saying that the participation of the Israeli public broadcaster KAN "has recently caused disunity" among broadcasters and the public.<ref name="RUV2025">[https://www.ruv.is/english/2025-12-10-iceland-will-not-take-part-in-eurovision-2026-461238 Iceland will NOT take part in Eurovision 2026] ''RÚV'', 10 December 2025, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref><br />
===UN voting===<br />
Iceland 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 Andorra]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Liechtenstein]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Monaco]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to San Marino]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Vatican City]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Malta]]<br />
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Luxembourg]]<br />
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