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Israel–Luxembourg relations are the bilateral relations ofIsrael andLuxembourg.
Both Israel and Luxembourg do not have embassies in each other's countries. Israel is represented in Luxemburg via its embassy inBrussels. Luxemburg is represented in Israel by the embassy of theNetherlands and the embassy ofBelgium for consular service. Luxembourg also has a trade and investment Office inTel Aviv.[1][2]
Luxembourg was among the 33 countries that voted in favor of thePartition Plan on 29 November 1947. Israel and Luxembourg have established relations on November 1950. TheReparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany was signed in Luxembourg on 10 September 1952. In February 1985, the President of Israel, Haim Herzog, visited Luxembourg. In May 1987, the Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg made an historic visit to Israel. During their stay, they visited Yad Vashem memorial, and the Diaspora Museum, where they were given a history of the Jewish community of Luxembourg.[3] On the 13 of December 2004 Israel and Luxembourg have signed on an Avidness of Double Taxation Agreement.[4]
In 2019, Luxembourg’s former prime ministerXavier Bettel decided to boycott the farewell dinner for the Israeli ambassador as a mean of protest against the former Education Minister of Israel,Rafi Peretz, who commented against conversion therapy. The boycott of Bettel was criticized by the former Justice Minister of Israel, Amir Ohana, as Ohana wrote that the comment of Rafi Peretz was widely denounced and strongly condemned, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Ohana also mentioned that Bettel had no problem to shake hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif.[5]
In 2019, the former Foreign Minister of LuxembourgJean Asselborn pushed other European countries to unilaterally recognize Palestine.[6] In August 2020 Luxemburg was the only EU country to criticize the Abraham Accords, as the former Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn claimed that the normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is abandonment of the Palestinians by the United Arab Emirates.[7]
In 2024, the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel considered opening embassy in Tel Aviv,[8] and at same year Bettel had a working visit in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.[9]
Trade between Israel and Luxemburg is influenced by the EU-Israel Free Trade Agreement of 1995.[10][11]
| Israel - Luxemburg trade in millions USD-$[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] | |||
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 Israel imports
|  Luxemburg imports
| Total trade value | |
| 2023 | 141 | 48.7 | 189.7 |
| 2022 | 187 | 42.9 | 229.9 |
| 2021 | 166.3 | 19.9 | 186.2 |
| 2020 | 189.6 | 21.7 | 211.3 |
| 2019 | 141.6 | 12.6 | 154.2 |
| 2018 | 180.9 | 16.7 | 197.6 |
| 2017 | 178.8 | 17.3 | 196.1 |
| 2016 | 152.7 | 19.4 | 172.1 |
| 2015 | 195.3 | 22.2 | 217.5 |
| 2014 | 223.9 | 22.3 | 246.2 |
| 2013 | 242.3 | 20 | 262.3 |
| 2012 | 181.2 | 14.8 | 196 |
| 2011 | 219.8 | 13 | 232.8 |
| 2010 | 185 | 14.3 | 199.3 |
| 2009 | 117 | 10.8 | 127.8 |
| 2008 | 174 | 20.4 | 194.4 |
| 2007 | 91.9 | 15.3 | 107.2 |
| 2006 | 46.5 | 8.8 | 55.3 |
| 2005 | 30.5 | 11 | 41.5 |
| 2004 | 21 | 8.6 | 29.6 |
| 2003 | 29.7 | 4.3 | 34 |
| 2002 | 28.6 | 3.5 | 32.1 |
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