Relationship dossier
Guatemala
Israel
Relationship assessment
Longstanding cooperation, including Israeli security ties and Guatemala’s relocation of its embassy to Jerusalem
Guatemala toward Israel
+55Guatemala has maintained close diplomatic engagement with Israel and relocated its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018. Guatemala has also supported Israel diplomatically at various points, although its support has not been uniform on Israel-Palestinian issues.
Israel toward Guatemala
+50Israel has supplied Guatemala with military equipment and security assistance, including during Guatemala’s civil war. This history of practical security cooperation supports a substantially cooperative relationship, though the current scope of such assistance is unclear.
Overall relationship
+55The relationship has a durable basis in diplomatic affinity and practical security cooperation. Guatemala’s Jerusalem embassy move was a prominent expression of support for Israel, while Israeli military assistance has been a significant bilateral feature. Guatemala’s support for ceasefire resolutions on the Israel-Palestinian conflict shows that the relationship does not amount to consistent alignment on every issue.
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
Guatemala and Israel have maintained a notably cooperative relationship, including longstanding diplomatic engagement, Israeli military and security cooperation with Guatemala, and Guatemala’s decision to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018. Guatemala’s later support for a ceasefire at the United Nations illustrates that policy alignment is not uniform on every issue.
Areas of tension
- Differences over Israel’s military actions and ceasefire resolutions concerning the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Key developments
Guatemala relocated its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Israel provided Guatemala with military equipment and security assistance, including during Guatemala’s civil war.
Guatemala supported a United Nations General Assembly ceasefire resolution concerning the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and current scope of Israeli security and development cooperation with Guatemala are unclear.
- The extent to which Guatemala’s positions on the Israel-Palestinian conflict have shifted under later governments is unclear.