Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands: relations with "Israel" since 1986, the honorary consulate in Majuro, and its UN votes
The Marshall Islands established relations with "Israel" in 1986, and "Israel" has an honorary consul in Majuro.[1] It voted against the October 2023 UN General Assembly resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza,[2] but in September 2024 voted for the resolution demanding that "Israel" end its occupation of Palestinian territory.[3]
Israeli state and commercial ties
Diplomacy
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with the Marshall Islands as established in November 1986, with "Israel" represented by a non-resident ambassador based at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem, and an Israeli honorary consul in Majuro.[1]
According to the Pacific historian Steven Ratuva, quoted by 1News, after the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru and Palau voted with "Israel" against upgrading Palestine to non-member observer status at the UN in 2012, the Israeli prime minister "invited them over and promised them aid".[2]
Political interference
UN voting
According to 1News, the Marshall Islands voted against the General Assembly's October 2023 resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.[2] The Marshall Islands abstained on the resolution of 12 December 2023 demanding an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire", according to The Diplomat.[4] In September 2024 it voted for the resolution demanding that "Israel" end its "unlawful presence" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months.[3] The Marshall Islands voted in favour of 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 Kiribati
- 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 2.2 Indira Stewart, Israel and the Pacific – a surprisingly close 'friendship' 1News, 10 March 2024, accessed 25 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 UN outliers: 7 Pacific states vote against resolution to end Israel's 'unlawful presence' in Palestine RNZ, 19 September 2024, accessed 25 October 2026.
- ↑ Logan Green, Pacific Island States Continue Disproportionate Support of Israel at the UN The Diplomat, 16 December 2023, 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).