Relationship dossier
Algeria
Israel
Relationship assessment
Algeria rejects normalization with Israel and strongly supports Palestinian statehood; the countries have no diplomatic relations.
Algeria toward Israel
-50The Algerian government rejects normalization with Israel and supports Palestinian statehood, including through its foreign-policy positions in Arab and international forums. This reflects sustained government opposition to Israel’s policies toward Palestinians.
Israel toward Algeria
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Algeria rejects normalization with Israel and consistently supports Palestinian statehood, while the two countries have no diplomatic relations. These policies place Algeria’s government in sustained opposition to Israel, particularly over the Palestinian issue. Specific Israeli government conduct toward Algeria is less clear.
Areas of tension
- Algeria’s rejection of normalization with Israel
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Algeria’s support for Palestinian statehood
Major uncertainties
- The scope of Algeria’s government-to-government actions concerning Israel beyond its public opposition to normalization is unclear.
- Specific Israeli government policies directed toward Algeria are unclear.