Relationship dossier
Indonesia
Palestine
Relationship assessment
Indonesia strongly supports Palestinian statehood, alongside bilateral diplomatic and economic engagement.
Indonesia toward Palestine
+45Indonesia has supported Palestinian statehood and rights in international forums and provided humanitarian assistance. The two governments have also pursued economic cooperation, including a preferential trade agreement.
Palestine toward Indonesia
+30Palestinian authorities maintain diplomatic and economic engagement with Indonesia, including participation in bilateral cooperation arrangements such as the preferential trade agreement.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is structured by Indonesia’s sustained political support for Palestinian statehood and rights, humanitarian assistance, and bilateral economic engagement. Practical cooperation complements this political alignment, although its scope and implementation are less clear.
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
Indonesia has consistently supported Palestinian statehood and Palestinian rights in international forums, provided humanitarian assistance, and pursued bilateral economic cooperation, including a preferential trade agreement. Palestinian authorities maintain diplomatic and economic engagement with Indonesia. The relationship is marked by strong Indonesian political support, though the scope and implementation of practical cooperation are less clear.
Key developments
Indonesia established diplomatic relations with the State of Palestine.
Indonesia and Palestine signed a preferential trade agreement.
Indonesia provided humanitarian assistance to Palestinians.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic cooperation are unclear.
- Details of Palestinian government cooperation with Indonesia are limited.