Relationship dossier
Haiti
Israel
Relationship assessment
Cooperative historical support and Israeli emergency assistance, with limited information on sustained bilateral cooperation
Haiti toward Israel
+15Haiti supported the 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine, a significant early vote affecting the establishment of Israel. The breadth of Haiti's subsequent government cooperation with Israel is unclear.
Israel toward Haiti
+30After Haiti's 2010 earthquake, Israel sent search-and-rescue personnel and established a field hospital to provide emergency medical care.
Overall relationship
+20The relationship includes Haiti's early support for the UN partition plan and substantial Israeli emergency assistance after the 2010 earthquake. These episodes indicate cooperation, but the scope and continuity of bilateral arrangements are unclear.
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
Haiti supported the 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine, and Israel provided emergency search-and-rescue and medical assistance to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. These concrete actions indicate cooperative episodes, though the scope and continuity of bilateral government cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Haiti voted in favor of the UN partition plan for Palestine.
Israel sent search-and-rescue personnel and established a field hospital in Haiti following the earthquake.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of ongoing bilateral agreements and government cooperation is unclear.
- The extent to which Haiti's later policy toward Israel has changed is unclear.