Relationship dossier
Israel
Luxembourg
Relationship assessment
Practical bilateral cooperation alongside disagreements over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel toward Luxembourg
+15Israel concluded a double-taxation convention with Luxembourg, providing a concrete framework for bilateral tax cooperation.
Luxembourg toward Israel
+10Luxembourg concluded a double-taxation convention with Israel. It has also supported UN resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, reflecting disagreement with Israeli policy.
Overall relationship
+10The double-taxation convention provides a durable basis for practical cooperation. Luxembourg's support for ceasefire resolutions on Gaza reflects a significant policy difference, but the relationship also includes continuing functional engagement.
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 Luxembourg maintain functional bilateral relations, including a double-taxation convention that entered into force in 2008. Luxembourg has also supported UN resolutions calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, reflecting policy differences with Israel over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The relationship combines practical cooperation with political disagreement.
Areas of tension
- Differences over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conduct of Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Key developments
Israel and Luxembourg's double-taxation convention entered into force.
Luxembourg voted in favor of a UN General Assembly resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of bilateral cooperation beyond tax matters is unclear.
- The extent to which Luxembourg's positions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have affected bilateral cooperation is unclear.