Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: relations with "Israel" since 1979, its UN votes, and Jeffrey Epstein's 2017 flight for Kathryn Ruemmler
Saint Lucia established relations with "Israel" in 1979[1].
Israeli state and commercial ties
Diplomacy
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with Saint Lucia as established in January 1979, with "Israel" represented by a non-resident ambassador based at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem.[1] Saint Lucia had recognised the State of Palestine before May 2024, when the Bahamas became the last of the 14 independent members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to do so.[2]
Political interference
UN voting
Saint Lucia voted in favour of the September 2025 General Assembly resolution endorsing the New York Declaration on a two-state solution.[3]
Jeffrey Epstein
Documents released by the US Department of Justice in the Jeffrey Epstein files include the following.
- On 27 January 2017 Larry Visoski wrote that he would fly to St Lucia the next afternoon to be in position to pick up "Katheen Ruemmler" in the GIV, as "Jeffrey said she wants to leave at 9 AM on Sunday", and bring her to St Thomas.[4] A member of Epstein's staff replied to him the same day that "JE did say he would pick up Kathy Ruemmler's from St Lucia on Sunday morning at 8am."[5]
See also
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Antigua and Barbuda
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Bahamas
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Barbados
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Dominica
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Grenada
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Jamaica
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Trinidad and Tobago
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Cuba
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Dominican Republic
- Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to Haiti
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic Missions Abroad: Status of relations mfa.gov.il, archived 5 August 2011.
- ↑ The Bahamas recognizes Palestine as a state, joining fellow independent CARICOM members Bahamas Local News, 7 May 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).
- ↑ Email exchange between Larry Visoski and a member of Jeffrey Epstein's staff, "Re: Kathleen M", 27 January 2017, EFTA00443710, US Department of Justice, Epstein Files release, Data Set 9, copy at tommycarstensen.com/epstein, accessed 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Email from a member of Jeffrey Epstein's staff to Larry Visoski, "Re: Kathleen M", 27 January 2017, EFTA02203343, US Department of Justice, Epstein Files release, Data Set 10, copy at tommycarstensen.com/epstein, accessed 25 October 2026.