(Sept. 7, 2026 \/ JNS)\n <\/p>\n
The Pacific nation of Naoero (formerly known as Nauru) opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, becoming the ninth country to locate its diplomatic mission in Israel\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cIsrael\u2019s relations with the nations of the South Pacific are advancing tremendously,\u201d Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar said at the event. \u201cToday two ancient peoples stand together in Jerusalem, proud of our identity, our heritage and our friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linking the Pacific nation\u2019s reclaimed indigenous name to Jewish history, Sa\u2019ar added that \u201cwe, too, are the indigenous people of this land\u201d and that \u201cJews are called Jews because we are from Judea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur support for Israel has been unwavering,\u201d said Naoero\u2019s Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea. \u201cNaoero is historically one of Israel\u2019s most reliable and consistent diplomatic allies at the United Nations.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cWe see opening an embassy here in Jerusalem not only as strengthening our ties with Israel, but also as a message to the world of where we stand. Our motto is God first, and Israel always has a special place in our hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aingimea noted that the \u201ceasy decision\u201d to establish the mission in Jerusalem came after discussions with Sa\u2019ar in Fiji and received full endorsement from Naoero\u2019s Cabinet.<\/p>\n
The island nation is one of the smallest countries in the world, with a population of about 12,000 people.<\/p>\n
Nine countries now have embassies in Israel\u2019s capital: the United States, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Naoero, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay and Somaliland.<\/p>\n
All the other nations that have diplomatic relations with Israel maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv or its suburbs.<\/p>\n
U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem during his first term set the stage for other countries to follow suit.<\/p>\n
The leaders of Argentina<\/a> and Colombia<\/a> have pledged to relocate their embassies to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Sept. 7, 2026 \/ JNS) The Pacific nation of Naoero (formerly known as Nauru) opened an embassy in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-608561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608561","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=608561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}