Relationship dossier
Israel
Uruguay
Relationship assessment
Cooperation in trade and technical assistance alongside disagreements over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel toward Uruguay
+30Israel has engaged Uruguay through technical cooperation, including training and development programs, and through the Mercosur-Israel free trade agreement, which Uruguay participates in.
Uruguay toward Israel
+30Uruguay supported the 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine and participates in the Mercosur-Israel free trade agreement. Uruguayan governments have also criticized Israeli military operations, reflecting political differences over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Overall relationship
+25Trade arrangements and technical cooperation provide a durable basis for bilateral engagement. These ties coexist with political disagreements concerning Israeli policy toward Palestinians and Israeli military operations.
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 Uruguay have maintained cooperative relations, including Uruguay's participation in the Mercosur-Israel free trade agreement and Israeli technical cooperation with Uruguay. Uruguay supported the 1947 UN partition plan for Palestine. Relations have also included political disagreements over Israeli military operations and the Palestinian issue.
Areas of tension
- Uruguayan criticism of Israeli military operations and disagreement over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Key developments
Uruguay voted in favor of the UN General Assembly partition plan for Palestine.
Israel and Mercosur signed a free trade agreement, subsequently joined by Uruguay.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and continuity of Israeli technical cooperation with Uruguay are unclear.
- The extent to which political disagreements have affected bilateral cooperation is uncertain.