Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Kiribati
Kiribati: relations with "Israel" since 1984 and its UN votes
Kiribati established relations with "Israel" in 1984.[1] It abstained on the October 2023 UN General Assembly resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza[2] and did not vote on the December 2023 resolution.[3]
Israeli state and commercial ties
Diplomacy
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with Kiribati as established in March 1984, with "Israel" represented by a non-resident ambassador based at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem.[1]
Political interference
UN voting
According to 1News, Kiribati abstained on the General Assembly's October 2023 resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.[2] Kiribati did not vote on the resolution of 12 December 2023 demanding an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire", according to The Diplomat.[3] In September 2024 it abstained on the resolution demanding that "Israel" end its "unlawful presence" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months.[4] Kiribati did not vote on the September 2025 General Assembly resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on a two-state solution.[5]
See also
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Australia
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Fiji
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Marshall Islands
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Federated States of Micronesia
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Nauru
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to New Zealand
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Palau
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Papua New Guinea
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Samoa
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Solomon Islands
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Tonga
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Tuvalu
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Vanuatu
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations mfa.gov.il, archived 5 August 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Indira Stewart, Israel and the Pacific – a surprisingly close 'friendship' 1News, 10 March 2024, accessed 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Logan Green, Pacific Island States Continue Disproportionate Support of Israel at the UN The Diplomat, 16 December 2023, accessed 25 October 2026.
- ↑ UN outliers: 7 Pacific states vote against resolution to end Israel's 'unlawful presence' in Palestine RNZ, 19 September 2024, accessed 25 October 2026.
- ↑ United Nations General Assembly, Recorded vote on A/80/L.1/Rev.1: Endorsement of the New York Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, 12 September 2025 (copy hosted by Al-Quds Al-Arabi).