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{{short description|'''Slovenia: its Jewish community, recognition of Palestine and measures against the Israeli government'''}}
About 100 Jews live in '''Slovenia''', according to the [[World Jewish Congress]] (WJC).<ref name="WJCSI">World Jewish Congress, [https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/about/communities/SI Community in Slovenia] ''worldjewishcongress.org'', accessed 25 October 2026.</ref> Slovenia recognised the State of Palestine on 4 June 2024,<ref name="GovSI2024">Government of the Republic of Slovenia, [https://www.gov.si/en/news/2024-06-05-republika-slovenija-in-drzava-palestina-vzpostavili-diplomatske-odnose/ Republic of Slovenia and State of Palestine establish diplomatic relations] ''gov.si'', 5 June 2024, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref> imposed an embargo on arms trade with "Israel" in July 2025<ref name="ReutersSI2025">Reuters, [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/slovenia-imposes-arms-embargo-israel-2025-07-31/ Slovenia imposes arms embargo on Israel] ''Reuters'', 31 July 2025, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref> and declared [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] persona non grata in September 2025.<ref name="AASI2025">Anadolu Agency, [https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/slovenia-declares-israeli-prime-minister-netanyahu-persona-non-grata/3698869 Slovenia declares Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu persona non grata] ''aa.com.tr'', 25 September 2025, accessed 25 October 2026.</ref>

==Jewish community==
Most Slovenian Jews live in Ljubljana. The WJC says that only about 200 Slovenian Jews survived the Holocaust, and that the Jews of Prekmurje, where most Slovenian Jews lived before the war, were almost all deported to Auschwitz after the German occupation of Hungary.<ref name="WJCSI" />
==Israeli state and commercial ties==
===Diplomacy===
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with Slovenia as established in April 1992, with "Israel" represented by its ambassador in Austria.<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 WJC says that "Israel" is represented by its ambassador in Vienna (Anton Frank Gasse 20, 1180 Vienna) and has a consulate in Ljubljana, while Slovenia has an embassy in Tel Aviv.<ref name="WJCSI" />
===Arms trade===
SIPRI records 100 Spike-LR anti-tank missiles ordered by Slovenia in 2006.<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>
===Trade===
The Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics reports that "Israel" imported goods worth $193.2 million from Slovenia in 2025 (2024: $142.6 million) and exported goods worth $428.7 million to it (2024: $734.5 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>
==Political interference==
===Recognition of Palestine===
On 4 June 2024 the National Assembly voted 52 to none to recognise the State of Palestine, making Slovenia "the 147th member of the United Nations to do so", and diplomatic relations were established the next day. Foreign Minister Tanja Fajon said that Slovenia had taken the step "to send a clear message about the need for peace in the Middle East and a two-state solution".<ref name="GovSI2024" />
===Arms embargo and entry bans===
On 31 July 2025 Slovenia imposed an embargo on exports, imports and transit of arms to "Israel", two weeks after declaring Israeli ministers persona non grata; Prime Minister Robert Golob said that Slovenia was the first European country to do so.<ref name="ReutersSI2025" /> On 25 September 2025 the government declared Netanyahu persona non grata. State secretary Neva Grašič said that the measure "is not directed against the Israeli people". Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich had been declared personae non gratae in July.<ref name="AASI2025" />
===UN voting===
Slovenia 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>

==See also==
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Albania]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Bulgaria]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Croatia]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Greece]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Kosovo]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Montenegro]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to North Macedonia]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Romania]]
*[[Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Serbia]]

==Notes==
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