Belarus–Israel relations

The first and the third President of the State of Israel, Chaim Weizmann and Zalman Shazar, Prime Ministers Menachem Begin, Yitzhak Shamir, Shimon Peres, who served as prime minister and president, one of the pioneers of the revival of the Hebrew language Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the artist Marc Chagall and many other famous Jewish figures, were born in what is today Belarus.

[5] In November 2022, Belarus was one of 52 countries that abstained on a United Nations General Assembly resolution requesting an International Court of Justice opinion on Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.

[8] President Alexander Lukashenko criticized claims that Russia and Belarus had benefited from the situation through attention shifting away from the Russo-Ukrainian War, instead suggesting that the United States was the beneficiary of the conflict, and stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been the "target of attacks for months and years" in domestic Israeli politics.

[10] In November 2023, the Belarusian foreign ministry expressed its desire to restore direct flights to Israel, noting good relations between the two countries based on "closely intertwined human destinies and cultures".

An example was the Tel Aviv startup Viber, which was outsourced largely to Belarus before its $900 million sale to Japan's Rakuten.

[16] A photo exhibition in Tel Aviv, "Belarus and Israel: 25 Years of Friendship and Partnership", was held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of relations.

A number of joint projects in the field of agriculture are successfully implemented with the participation of Israeli capital and technology in Belarus in recent years.

Memorial sign for Yanka Kupala in Israeli city of Ashdod
The Embassy of Belarus in Israel