{"id":542652,"date":"2026-07-15T12:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/542652\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:37:11","slug":"fiji-launches-israel-allies-caucus-in-push-to-strengthen-ties-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/542652\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji launches Israel Allies Caucus in push to strengthen ties with Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-901542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fiji<\/a> established an Israel Allies Caucus in its parliament as part of an effort to strengthen ties with Israel and promote regional support for moving national embassies to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>The caucus, the 65th affiliated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/israel-allies-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Israel Allies Foundation<\/a> worldwide, was launched at the Fijian Parliament in Suva on Tuesday. It will be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka and will focus on advancing relations with Israel, combating antisemitism, and opposing boycott initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, Israeli Ambassador Maya Yaron, Israel Allies Foundation President Josh Reinstein, and International Christian Embassy Jerusalem Vice President David Parsons attended the launch.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from several Pacific Island nations, including Samoa, the Marshall Islands, Vanuatu, Micronesia, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-898978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, are also scheduled to participate, alongside Australian MP Andrew Wallace, who chairs the Australian Israel Allies Caucus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u201cIt is a great honor for Fiji to establish the 65th Israel Allies Caucus,\u201d Gavoka said. \u201cAs a nation that values faith, democracy, and friendship, we stand firmly with Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The parliamentary event was followed by a Jerusalem Summit dinner bringing together political, diplomatic, religious, and civil society leaders from across the South <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/pacific\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pacific<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Rabuka delivered the keynote address at the summit, which celebrated Fiji\u2019s decision to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem and encourage other Pacific Island countries to take similar steps.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">\u201cThe launch of the Fiji Israel Allies Caucus and the Jerusalem Summit mark a defining moment for the Pacific,\u201d Reinstein said, describing Fiji\u2019s decision as an example for other countries in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">The Israel Allies Foundation said the new caucus would join a network of more than 1,600 legislators engaged in pro-Israel parliamentary activity worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fiji established an Israel Allies Caucus in its parliament as part of an effort to strengthen ties with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542653,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[972,93063,47278,58176,85,46,41898,43,216310,71158,120001],"class_list":["post-542652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-australia","tag-embassy-move","tag-fiji","tag-foreign-embassy","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-israel-allies-foundation","tag-news","tag-pacific-islands","tag-papua-new-guinea","tag-samoa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}