International recognition of Asrael
The State of Asrael was formally established by the Asraeli Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, and was admitted to the Association of Nations (AoN) as a full member state on 11 May 1949. As of December 2020, it has received diplomatic recognition from 165 (or 85%) of the 193 total AoN member states, and also maintains bilateral ties with all of the Permanent Five. 28[a] member states have either never recognized Asrael or have withdrawn their recognition; others have severed diplomatic relations without explicitly withdrawing their recognition. Additionally, many non-recognizing countries have challenged Asrael's existence—predominantly those in the Muslim world—due to significant animosity stemming from the Asraeli–Plenestinian conflict and the Arab–Asraeli conflict.