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Israel-Croatia relations

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic arrives at the Brdo-Brijuni, Process Leaders' Meeting in Golem, Albania, 50 kilometers (30 miles) west of the capital, Tirana, Albania on October 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
May 18, 2026, 9:49 am
Anti-Israel Croatian president refusing to sign off on new Israeli envoy — report
Zoran Milanović, who has accused Israel of ‘terrorism’ and said he didn’t want Israeli or Iranian ‘infections and germs’ in country, is currently feuding with his right-wing government
By Michael Horovitz
Representatives of the Jewish community lay flowers at the monument commemorating victims of a World War II concentration camp in Jasenovac, Croatia, April 22, 2025. (AP)
May 3, 2025, 8:41 am
As Croatia’s fascist past sheds taboo, some local Jews fear for their future
Symbols from the era of Nazi collaboration have resurfaced in former Yugoslav nation, and community leaders say the government in Zagreb won’t ‘accept responsibility’
By Larry Luxner
The departure hall at the Ben Gurion International Airport, on August 16, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 16, 2020, 9:46 am
Skies open for Israelis to travel quarantine-free to and from some countries
Greece, Croatia and Bulgaria to allow Israelis in without compulsory isolation, but some restrictions; citizens allowed back in from 17 other countries without quarantine
By ToI Staff
Israel's Ambassador to Croatia Ilan Mor, center, at a reception for Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović hosted by President Reuven Rivlin, July 30 (Haim Zach/GPO)
August 5, 2019, 11:00 am
Serbia slams Israeli envoy for celebrating Croatian ‘pogrom’
Congratulating Zagreb on its Victory Day violates ‘basic human principles of modern societies,’ Belgrade’s ambassador in Tel Aviv fumes
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: An Israeli F-16 fighter jet fires a 'Rampage' air-to-ground rocket in an undated photograph. (Israeli Military Industries Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries)
January 14, 2019, 6:17 pm
Croatia formally nixes F-16 purchase from Israel after US objection
Israel apologizes after deal to provide 12 fighter jets for $500m vetoed by Washington, which reportedly demanded Israeli upgrades be rolled back
By AP and ToI Staff
Israeli Air Force F-16I on the tarmac during the Blue Flag air exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 10, 2019, 11:19 pm
Israel confirms F-16 sale to Croatia nixed over Washington’s objections
Defense Ministry chief apologizes after deal to provide 12 fighter jets for $500m vetoed by Americans, who reportedly demanded Israeli upgrades be rolled back
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli F-16 fighter jet fires a 'Rampage' air-to-ground rocket in an undated photograph. (Israeli Military Industries Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries)
January 6, 2019, 2:02 pm
Israel to apologize to Croatia for delay in F-16 deal due to US objection — TV
Defense Ministry director general to travel to Zagreb this week in attempt to resolve tensions; Washington opposing deal since Israel upgraded the fighter jets
By Michael Bachner
Israeli Air Force F-16I on the tarmac during the Blue Flag air exercise at the Ovda air force base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on November 8, 2017. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 3, 2019, 6:06 pm
Croatia gives Israel deadline for F-16 sale amid rare US dispute
Zagreb threatening to nix $500 million arms deal unless Washington allows Israel to include sophisticated upgrades made to American fighter jets
By AP and ToI Staff
An Israel Air Force F-16, December 31, 2015 (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
December 6, 2018, 11:36 pm
US blocking Israeli sale of used F-16s to Croatia — report
Trump administration said angered Israel did not seek its approval to sell the American-made fighters and added advanced electronic systems to the jets
By ToI Staff
Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic reviews the troops at a ceremony marking the country's 1995 victory over Serbia. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 5, 2018, 6:02 pm
Israel joins Croatian celebration of 1995 blitz; Serbia likens it to Nazi policy
US, Israeli officials take part in ceremony marking military victory that led to ethnic cleansing of 200,000 Serbs
By AP
An Israeli and a Croatian pilot pose together in a video released by the Croatian Ministry of Defense on August 4, 2018 (YouTube screenshot)
August 5, 2018, 12:07 pm
Serbia angered as Israeli fighter jets fly in Croatian victory parade
Israel said to be first foreign nation to celebrate 1995 Operation Storm; Belgrade ‘deeply disappointed’ at Jewish state for feting ‘pogrom’
By Raphael Ahren
An Israeli F-16. (Hagar Amibar/Israeli Air Force)
March 28, 2018, 1:48 pm
Croatia set to buy aging Israeli fighter jets in $500 million deal
Israel’s used F-16 planes will replace outdated Russian-made MiG-21s, helping to modernize country’s military
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 24, 2018. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
January 26, 2018, 12:12 pm
Israel agrees to sell 30 aging F-16 planes to Croatia
Agreement, advanced during Netanyahu’s meeting with PM Andrej Plenkovic, said to be worth half a billion dollars; still requires US approval
By Jacob Magid
An Israeli firefighter puts out a blaze as part of an international natural disaster preparedness exercise in central Israel on October 24, 2017. (Fire and Rescue Authority)
October 25, 2017, 2:05 pm
Israelis, Jordanians, Palestinians find a common enemy: Natural disasters
Emergency response teams from around the world work together in EU-sponsored exercise on fighting forest fires, earthquakes
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a joint press conference with his Croatian counterpart Andrej Plenković, January 24, 2017. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
January 24, 2017, 10:31 pm
Nazi hunter pans Israel for ‘abdicating its duty’ on Croatia Holocaust silence
Wiesenthal Center’s Efraim Zuroff says Netanyahu missed key opportunity to challenge Balkan state over growing revisionist trends
By JTA
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