{"id":235509,"date":"2025-09-18T04:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235509\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T04:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T04:25:14","slug":"fiji-inaugurates-embassy-in-israels-capital-of-jerusalem-jns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/235509\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji inaugurates embassy in Israel\u2019s capital of Jerusalem | JNS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The South Pacific country of Fiji inaugurated its embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday, becoming the seventh nation to have its diplomatic mission in the capital of Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe fact that you have come here and you have put your embassy in Jerusalem, you recognize a truth that everybody should recognize but few governments have done so far: that this has been our capital for 3,000 years since the days of King David,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the inauguration ceremony on Sept. 17.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe special bond with your great nation is deeply revered by the people of Fiji,\u201d said its prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, who traveled to the Jewish state from halfway around the world with a delegation of his senior government ministers for the inauguration.\u00a0\u201cThe opening of our embassy is a great testament to the enduring connection between our two peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rabuka, who took office three years ago, first\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0the move in February. He heads a three-party government that includes the right-wing Christian Sodelpa Party, one of whose leaders\u2019 demands was that Fiji open an embassy in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are paving the path of truth,\u201d Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar told the Fijian leader at a reception at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing disbelief at how other nations around the world still try to deny the Jewish people\u2019s biblical roots to the historic city.\u00a0\u201cYou are a true friend of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cJerusalem is the eternal capital and beating heart of the Jewish people. Today, Fiji lays a stone in its ancient walls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rabuka, who also serves as foreign minister, in turn invited Netanyahu to visit the archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, northeast of New Zealand and two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.<\/p>\n

The move also follows a decades-long campaign by an evangelical organization\u2014the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem\u2014through its network of churches across the Southern Pacific.<\/p>\n

\"FigiFiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Sept. 17, 2025. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom\/GPO.<\/p>\n

Six countries have their embassies in Israel\u2019s capital: the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Paraguay and Papua New Guinea.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem in May 2018 set the stage for other countries to follow suit. The Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel\u2019s ensuing war against the terrorist group based in the Gaza Strip, have temporarily derailed such moves.<\/p>\n

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