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Israel-Uzbekistan relations

Alisher Tursunov, widely known as Mubashshir Ahmad, on October 1, 2023. (Javlonbek Ilhomovich, Public Domain)
August 19, 2025, 8:51 pm
Uzbek cleric on trial for inciting hate, after backing call for jihad against Israel
Alisher Tursunov, widely known as Mubashshir Ahmad and boasting a million followers online, pleads not guilty after endorsing Qatar-based fatwa; could face 5-8 years in prison
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets with Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov in Baku on April 18, 2023. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
August 2, 2025, 12:51 am
Trump looks to bring Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords
US president’s team in talks with several countries that already recognize Israel about largely symbolic move, as Saudi normalization efforts have stalled amid Gaza war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A man rests on the bank of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, June 7, 2021. (AP/Darko Vojinovic)
January 18, 2023, 12:29 pm
Eyeing Iran, Israel moves to shore up ties with neighboring Caucasus, Central Asia
Energy-rich Azerbaijan, chafing at Iranian threats, set to open embassy in Tel Aviv, with Israel seeing chance to expand relations with others in region as well
By Lazar Berman
Shiraz International Airport, October 20, 2021. (Tahere Rokhbakhsh/Tasnim News Agency, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia)
November 2, 2022, 6:32 pm
9 hours at an Iranian airport: IDF soldier endures unnerving flight diversion
Iranians thought to have been unaware Israeli was on plane traveling from Uzbekistan to UAE; Mossad contacted her while on the ground, instructed her to conceal her identity
By Emanuel Fabian
Girls in Bukahara, Uzbekistan, try out the technology of Israeli company Watergen, which makes drinking water out of air. (Youtube screenshot)
November 1, 2019, 4:44 pm
Israeli company that makes water out of thin air signs deal with Uzbekistan
Dry, landlocked Central Asian nation to buy thousands of Watergen atmospheric water generators in deal likely worth several million dollars
By Sue Surkes
Portraits of Jerusalemites from a photo exhibit titled "Jerusalem is not just a city" by Israeli artist Dmitry Brickman. (Brickman's website)
June 6, 2019, 3:19 pm
Uzbekistan nixes Israeli photo exhibit over the word ‘Jerusalem’
Officials in the Muslim nation say Trump’s 2017 recognition of the city as Israel’s capital sparked tensions in the Muslim world
By ToI Staff
The terminal at Tashkent International Airport. (Uzbekistan Airways)
March 20, 2017, 8:08 am
Israeli detained 12 days in Uzbekistan after bullets found in bag
Recently discharged soldier now on his way back to Israel; officials urge Israelis to check luggage before flying
By ToI Staff
People throw flowers on limousines as they gather along a road to watch the funeral procession of President Islam Karimov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 3, 2016. (AP/Umida Akhmedova)
September 4, 2016, 9:30 pm
Rivlin sends condolences on passing of Uzbek leader
President notes good relations between Jewish state and the Central Asian nation, long history of Uzbek Jews
By ToI Staff
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