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Israel-Portugal relations

Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends solemn ceremonies at the monument to the 1939 heroic defense of the Westerplatte peninsula to mark the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, at Westerplatte, on the Baltic Sea, Poland, September 1, 2024. (Wojciech Strozyk/AP)
August 6, 2025, 10:26 am
Foreign Ministry summons Polish envoy after Tusk slams Israel with Holocaust allusion
Dressing down comes in response to Polish premier referencing ‘the hell of World War II’ when condemning ‘politicians whose actions lead to hunger and the death of mothers and children’
By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro arrives to attend the European Council in Brussels on June 26, 2025. EU leaders meet from June 26 to 27 to discuss geoeconomic challenges and the ongoing developments in Ukraine and the Middle East. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
July 31, 2025, 6:36 pm
Portugal says it will consider recognizing Palestinian state in September
Germany holds off on recognition but warns it will act against ‘unilateral steps’ by Israel; Sweden urges EU to freeze trade pact with Israel over ‘appalling’ Gaza conditions
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Congregants praying at the Kadoorie – Mekor Haim synagogue in Porto, Portugal, May 2014. (Courtesy of the Jewish Community of Porto)
September 2, 2023, 12:26 am
Portugal says nearly 21,000 Israelis applied for citizenship last year
Israel leads as country with most applicants for 2nd year running, after Portuguese government began allowing descendants of Sephardic Jews to seek passports
By Shira Li Bartov
Illustrative: Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, standing in the center, answers a member of parliament during debate at the parliament in Lisbon, January 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
May 19, 2023, 11:49 pm
In first, Portuguese parliament passes resolution supporting Israel
Measure overwhelmingly approved for Jewish state’s 75th anniversary urges bilateral cooperation and a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A man holding up a Palestinian flag shouts slogans during a protest against Israeli army strikes in the Gaza strip, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, in Lisbon. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
June 18, 2021, 6:35 pm
Lisbon mayor: Israeli embassy among several given personal details on protesters
Officials concede Portuguese capital has for years provided foreign embassies with personal information after reports emerged that Russia was given details of dissidents
By AP
The Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, Portugal (The Assembly of the Republic via JTA)
February 13, 2021, 8:25 pm
Portuguese lawmaker: Israel’s vaccine success due to Jewish financial powers
Rodrigo Sousa e Castro deletes ‘offensive’ tweet following backlash, yet claims statement was about ‘Zionism and its crimes in Palestine’ that upset ‘Zio-Nazis’
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa meet at the Sao Bento palace in Lisbon, December 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
December 6, 2019, 12:46 am
Netanyahu leaves troubles at home for worry-free, achievement-less Lisbon visit
PM’s 48-hour trip to the far-side of Europe included just two meetings and plenty of ‘no comments.’ It’ll probably take some time before the real reason for the trip is revealed
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a meeting with the Portuguese Prime Minister at the Sao Bento Palace in Lisbon on December 5, 2019. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP)
December 5, 2019, 9:15 pm
After Pompeo meet, Netanyahu says Israel has ‘full right’ to annex Jordan Valley
Premier declines comment on announcement of charges against his aides in huge submarine graft probe; says he and US secretary agreed to move ahead on plan for joint defense treaty
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu checks a phone while leaning on a memorial to Jews massacred in Lisbon, Portugal in 1506, on December 5, 2019. (Shalom Yerushalmi/Zman Yisrael)
December 5, 2019, 6:57 pm
Sara Netanyahu at Lisbon memorial: My family is suffering an inquisition too
Asked about legal woes, PM’s wife says she’s subjected to persecution similar to that endured by medieval Jews of Portugal
By Shalom Yerushalmi
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meeting with PM Netanyahu in Lisbon, December 4, 2019 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
December 4, 2019, 9:24 pm
Netanyahu: Iran’s empire is tottering. Let’s make it totter even further
At meeting with Pompeo in Lisbon, PM says Israel constantly countering Iranian aggression, refuses to comment on Syria weapons warehouse strike
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center left, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, address journalists on the sidelines of an international conference on the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, on February 14, 2019. (AP/Czarek Sokolowski)
December 4, 2019, 11:15 am
Iran is reeling from protests, Netanyahu says ahead of Pompeo meet in Portugal
Prime minister urges more pressure on Tehran, admonishes Europeans for giving regime an out with INSTEX mechanism; Jordan Valley annexation and defense pact also on table in Lisbon
By Raphael Ahren
A cyclist passes by signs for Portuguese political parties during national elections in Porto, Portugal, on October 6, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
October 6, 2019, 1:09 pm
New citizenship in hand, Israelis vote from abroad in Portuguese elections
Thousands of recently naturalized Jews of Sephardic descent were able to cast absentee ballots ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary poll — even if they had never lived in Portugal
By Melanie Lidman
The Spanish Inquisition Tribunal, a 19th-century work by Spanish artist Francisco Goya. (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY)
July 17, 2019, 7:20 pm
Portugal grants citizenship to 10,000 descendants of Sephardi Jews
After 2015 law opens up opportunity for citizenship, Israelis soar to second place in list of nations requesting Portuguese passports
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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