Guatemala is one of the first countries to vote in favor Israel's creation as a Jewish state in the United Nations Resolution 181.

[1][2] One of the 11 UNSCOP members is the Guatemalan ambassador's to the United Nations, Jorge García Granados who also supported the UN Partition Plan and the establishment of a Jewish state.

On 29 November 1947 Guatemala is one of the first countries and the first in Latin America to vote in favor Israel's creation as a Jewish state in the United Nations Resolution 181.

[2][7] In 1980 Guatemala moved it's embassy to Tel Aviv due to international pressure of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 478.

[8] On 6 November 2006, Guatemala and Israel have signed an agreement of the Promotion and Protection of Investments which entered into force on 14 January 2009.

6,000 scholarships were given to Guatemalan professionals in the fields of Health, Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Public Safety, Journalism and Communication.

After the eruption of volcano Fuego in 2018, Israel donated over 35 houses to affected families,[21] and sending team of Israeli doctors.