Colombia–Israel relations
bilateral relations between Israel and Colombia
Colombia–Israel relations are the diplomatic relations between Colombia and Israel which were officially established on 1 July 1957. As of 10 August 2026, Colombia is second UN member state to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory.
General
In an article in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Marcos Peckel, a Colombian scholar noted that Colombian-Israeli relations can be looked through the lenses of military cooperation, trade links, education and culture, and recognition of Palestine. Militarily, Colombia was one of the first countries to give Israel weapons and engage in arms deals, which continued as a bilateral agreement. Since then, Israel and Colombia shared intelligence, and as Peckel explains, several pieces of Israeli technology. Trade-wise, both countries had a strong relationship.
The spheres of education and culture between Colombia and Israel are interwoven through Israeli scholarships to Colombians and a presence of media in each country.
Colombia's military has numerous weapon and ammunition types produced and/or maintained by Israel, including the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Spike missile, Israel Weapons Industries-made 5.56mm Galil automatic rifle machine gun and 7.62mm Galil sniper rifle, Rafael Python-3 and Python-4, Israel Aerospace Industries Kfir fighter jets, and has signed up for the Barak MX air defense system.
History
In 1947, during a United Nations General Assembly session, General Assembly Resolution 181 recommended the partition of British Mandate Palestine into one Jewish and one Arab state Colombia abstained.
In the mid-1950s, both countries officially established diplomatic relations and set up embassies in Bogotá and Tel Aviv respectively.
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