Relationship dossier
Israel
Sri Lanka
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation coexists with Sri Lankan criticism of Israeli policy toward Palestinians
Israel toward Sri Lanka
+20Israel has provided agricultural expertise and training to Sri Lanka, including through its international development cooperation. Israeli-Sri Lankan labor arrangements have also enabled Sri Lankan workers to take employment in Israel.
Sri Lanka toward Israel
+5Sri Lanka has maintained practical bilateral engagement, including arrangements for its citizens to work in Israel. Its government also supports Palestinian statehood and has criticized Israeli military actions, contributing to political friction.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship combines practical cooperation in agriculture and labor migration with a political divide over Palestine and Israeli military actions. These sustained but limited areas of cooperation coexist with recurring diplomatic disagreement.
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 Sri Lanka have maintained diplomatic relations and practical cooperation, including Israeli agricultural assistance and arrangements for Sri Lankan workers to take up employment in Israel. Sri Lanka supports Palestinian statehood and has criticized Israeli military actions, creating political friction alongside continued bilateral engagement.
Areas of tension
- Sri Lanka's support for Palestinian statehood and criticism of Israeli military actions
Key developments
Israel and Sri Lanka established diplomatic relations.
The two governments arranged for Sri Lankan workers to take up employment in Israel.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Israeli agricultural assistance to Sri Lanka are unclear.
- The implementation and longer-term scope of arrangements for Sri Lankan workers in Israel are uncertain.