Jewish, Zionist and Israeli connections to the Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands: relations with "Israel" since 1989, the honorary consulate, and the 2024 shift in its UN votes
The Solomon Islands established relations with "Israel" in 1989, and "Israel" has an honorary consul there.[1] In September 2024 it broke with its usual abstentions on the Middle East to vote for the General Assembly resolution demanding Israel's withdrawal from the occupied territories.[2]
Israeli state and commercial ties
Diplomacy
The Israeli foreign ministry's 2011 list of missions records relations with the Solomon Islands as established in January 1989, with "Israel" represented by a non-resident ambassador based at the foreign ministry in Jerusalem, and an Israeli honorary consul.[1]
After the September 2024 vote, Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele denied any link with his government's closer ties with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, saying: "Our position on the Israel-Palestine Conflict has always been one on having a Two-State Solution." The foreign minister, Peter Shanel Agovaka, said: "we have diplomatic relations with Israel, and they are our friends", but said "Israel" should withdraw, agree a ceasefire and enter into dialogue. The Post-Courier reported that Agovaka said the vote had been cast by officials at the mission in New York before the government delegation arrived, and that he had expressed his disapproval of the changed voting pattern to them.[2]
Political interference
UN voting
The Solomon Islands voted for the resolution of 12 December 2023 demanding an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire", according to The Diplomat.[3] In September 2024 it voted for the resolution demanding that "Israel" end its "unlawful presence" in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months.[4] The Diplomat reported that only New Zealand and the Solomon Islands among Pacific states supported the October 2023 resolution on Gaza.[3] The Solomon 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 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 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 Solomon Island's UN vote reflects support for two-state solution: PM Post-Courier, 11 October 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).