Relationship dossier
Israel
Thailand
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation, including agricultural employment, alongside differing positions on the Gaza conflict
Israel toward Thailand
+25Israel has cooperated with Thailand on the employment of Thai agricultural workers and engaged with Thai authorities on the safety and release of Thai nationals affected by the 2023 Hamas-led attack.
Thailand toward Israel
+20Thailand has cooperated with Israel on agricultural employment and pursued the release and repatriation of Thai nationals taken hostage during the 2023 Hamas-led attack. Its diplomatic positions on the Gaza conflict have not always aligned with Israel’s.
Overall relationship
+25The relationship has a practical cooperative basis in agricultural employment and bilateral engagement, including cooperation over Thai nationals affected by the 2023 attack. Thailand’s positions on the Gaza conflict are a source of diplomatic divergence, but the known relationship is not defined solely by that 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 Thailand maintain practical cooperation, notably in agricultural employment and bilateral exchanges. Thailand has also sought the release and repatriation of Thai nationals taken hostage during the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel. The relationship includes cooperation but is shaped by Thailand’s separate diplomatic positions on the Gaza conflict.
Areas of tension
- Differences over the Gaza conflict and related calls for a ceasefire
Key developments
Israel and Thailand concluded an agreement concerning the employment of Thai workers in Israel’s agricultural sector.
Thailand pursued the release and repatriation of Thai nationals taken hostage during the Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond agricultural employment are unclear.
- The longer-term effects of the Gaza conflict on bilateral engagement are uncertain.