Which countries will recognize Israel by June 30?

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Market context

The real-world event driving this market is whether any nation that currently does not recognise Israel will issue a formal, government-level declaration of statehood recognition between November 2025 and June 2026. With the crowd-implied probability at 0%, the market reflects a near-certainty that no such shift will occur within the settlement window, despite the high-profile diplomatic activity surrounding Palestine recognition in late 2024 and 2025.

Historically, formal recognition of Israel has been a rare and incremental process, typically following the Abraham Accords model where UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan and Bhutan recognised Israel in 2020 after years of quiet diplomacy. Since then, the only new recognitions have been from non-UN entities like Kosovo (2020) and Somaliland (December 2025), where Israel reciprocated by recognising Somaliland first. The 26 countries that do not recognise Israel—including Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan and Indonesia—remain firmly opposed, with no credible signals of imminent change. Recent UNGA resolutions in 2025 show 15 against Israel versus only 11 against the rest of the world, indicating sustained global pressure but no breakthrough in recognition [6].

Traders should monitor the UN General Assembly in September 2025, where France, the UK, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Portugal and Luxembourg are expected to formally recognise Palestine, not Israel [5]. This move is designed to isolate Israel diplomatically, making reciprocal recognition of Israel by these nations highly unlikely. No recent news source reports any Arab or Muslim state preparing to recognise Israel; instead, the focus remains on Palestine. The settlement window ends 30 June 2026, leaving little time for unexpected shifts. Programmatic approaches to this market would involve conditional orders triggered only by official government announcements from non-recognising states, with copy-trading bots filtering out any mere statements of intent. Given the current geopolitical landscape, the 0% probability remains robust.

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Methodology

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