Relationship dossier
Israel
Lithuania
Relationship assessment
Generally cooperative ties, with practical collaboration and sensitivities over Holocaust-era historical interpretation
Israel toward Lithuania
+35Israel engaged Lithuania through Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 2018 visit, which included discussions of bilateral cooperation in areas such as innovation and agriculture. Israeli concerns about Holocaust-era historical interpretation have also at times been a source of friction.
Lithuania toward Israel
+35Lithuania received the Israeli prime minister in 2018 and pursued bilateral cooperation with Israel in areas including innovation and agriculture. The scope and implementation of these initiatives are unclear.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship combines high-level engagement and practical cooperation with sensitivities over Holocaust-era historical interpretation. These features support a generally cooperative but not exceptionally close bilateral relationship; the breadth and durability of cooperation are not fully 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
Israel and Lithuania maintain generally cooperative relations, including high-level government engagement and cooperation in areas such as innovation and agriculture. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 2018 visit to Lithuania was a notable bilateral engagement. Relations also involve sensitivities over the historical legacy of the Holocaust and the treatment of wartime collaborators. The breadth and implementation of practical cooperation are not fully clear.
Areas of tension
- Disagreements over Holocaust-era historical interpretation and the treatment of wartime collaborators.
Key developments
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Lithuania and discussed bilateral cooperation, including in innovation and agriculture.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation in innovation, agriculture and other fields are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-level disagreements over Holocaust-era historical interpretation is unclear.