Relationship dossier
Germany
Palestine
Relationship assessment
Cooperation with the Palestinian Authority amid disagreement over recognition and German policy toward Israel
Germany toward Palestine
+30Germany provides development assistance and maintains political cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, while supporting a negotiated two-state solution. It has not recognized Palestine as a sovereign state.
Palestine toward Germany
+25Palestinian institutions maintain diplomatic engagement with Germany and participate in bilateral political and development-cooperation channels. The scope of direct government cooperation is unclear.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship combines sustained political and development cooperation with a substantial disagreement over Palestinian statehood: Germany supports a two-state outcome but does not recognize Palestine as a sovereign state. German policy toward Israel is also a recurring point of friction with Palestinian leadership.
How 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
Germany maintains political and development cooperation with the Palestinian Authority and supports a negotiated two-state solution, while withholding recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state. Palestinian institutions engage Germany through diplomatic and development-cooperation channels. German policy toward Israel and its refusal to recognize Palestinian statehood remain significant sources of disagreement.
Areas of tension
- Germany's refusal to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state
- Differences over Germany's policy toward Israel
Key developments
Germany and the Palestinian Authority developed bilateral political and development-cooperation channels.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of German-Palestinian development and institutional cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of direct Palestinian government engagement with Germany beyond established diplomatic channels is unclear.