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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and his Colombian counterpart Omar Bula Escobar (center) open Colombia’s embassy in Jerusalem, alongside Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion (right), September 14, 2026. (Rafi Ben Hakoon/GPO)
October 14, 2026, 3:01 pm
Colombia opens embassy in Jerusalem, becoming tenth country to do so
Sa’ar hails move as start of ‘golden age in relations,’ following inauguration of new right-wing president Abelardo de la Espriella
By Nava Freiberg and AFP
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (R) and Nauruan Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea at the opening ceremony of the Nauru embassy in Jerusalem, September 7, 2026. (Gideon Sa'ar)
September 7, 2026, 4:41 pm
Pacific island nation Nauru opens its first Israeli embassy, in Jerusalem
Visiting FM Lionel Aingimea declares move is ‘message to the world of where we stand;’ FM Sa’ar lauds ‘one of Israel’s greatest friends,’ says Colombian embassy expected in October
By Nava Freiberg and AFP
The US embassy in Tel Aviv, July 24, 2025. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 25, 2026, 4:28 pm
US said returning diplomats to Mideast, signaling fresh Iran hostilities not imminent
Redeployments of staffers evacuated during recent conflict could begin this week, with embassies in Israel, Jordan and Oman set to return to full staffing despite stalled talks
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (left) meets with Nauruan Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea in Fiji, June 2025. (Gideon Sa'ar on X)
July 22, 2026, 10:40 am
Tiny Nauru to open embassy in Jerusalem, will be tenth country to do so
Pacific island nation, with some 12,000 inhabitants, is firmly pro-Israel, recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2019; FM Sa’ar met his Nauruan counterpart in Fiji last year
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog (center right) with Somaliland’s first ambassador to Israel, Dr. Mohamed Hagi (center left), during a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, May 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 19, 2026, 8:41 pm
Somaliland’s first-ever embassy anywhere will open in Jerusalem, envoy says
Diplomat from East African breakaway state says Israel will also open embassy in capital city of Hargeisa
By Nava Freiberg
From left: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of the Fijian embassy in Jerusalem on September 17, 2025 (Rafi Ben Hakoon/GPO)
September 17, 2025, 8:05 pm
Flower-bedecked Netanyahu and counterpart from Fiji open new embassy in Jerusalem
FM Sa’ar vows to continue to work to relocate embassies to capital after island nation becomes 7th country to do so; Fijian PM acknowledges ‘special bond’ with Israel
By Nava Freiberg
Police are shown in front of the US embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, December 9, 2017. (Atila Altuntas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
April 9, 2025, 8:58 am
Iran directed teens who attacked Israel’s embassy in Stockholm last May, police says
Tehran’s embassy slams Swedish Security Service accusation as ‘fake and propagandistic,’ as US treasury sanctions local gang allegedly contracted by Iran to stage another attack
By JTA and ToI Staff
Fiji’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sitiveni Rabuka meets Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar in Munich, February 15, 2025 (Foreign Ministry)
February 19, 2025, 3:16 am
Fiji to open embassy in Jerusalem, becoming 7th country to do so
FM Sa’ar hails Pacific nation ‘for its historic decision,’ after Fijian premier told him last week of plan to move diplomatic mission
By Lazar Berman
A drone carries an Israeli flag above the Turkish flag, which is lowered to half-mast in a show of mourning for slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, over Turkey's embassy in Tel Aviv, August 2, 2024. (Screen capture: Ynet, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 4, 2024, 3:08 pm
Drone with Israel flag trolls Turkey’s Haniyeh-saluting TLV embassy
Turkish ambassador, recalled to Ankara since November, complains after UAV hoists Israeli national banner over Turkish flag, lowered to half-staff to honor slain Hamas leader
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape (C) open Papua New Guineas embassy in Jerusalem, September 5, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
September 5, 2023, 11:20 pm
Citing ‘God of Israel,’ Papua New Guinea becomes 5th nation to open Jerusalem embassy
Standing next to Prime Minister Netanyahu, country’s leader James Marape says Christians can’t fully respect God without recognizing Jewish state’s capital
By Lazar Berman
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, 17 November 2022 (public domain)
August 27, 2023, 3:52 pm
Papua New Guinea to open Jerusalem embassy next week, Israeli official says
Port Moresby expected to inaugurate mission in capital during visit by Prime Minister James Marape, amid wave of similar announcements
By Lazar Berman
Israel Ambassador to Paraguay Yoed Magen, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, Paraguay President Santiago Peña and First Lady Leticia Ocampos
August 16, 2023, 5:59 am
New Paraguay leader to reopen Jerusalem embassy within year, Israel says
Top diplomat Eli Cohen meets with Santiago Peña at inauguration, says president accepted invitation to visit Israel; Israel to reopen mission in Asunción 5 years after closing it
By Jacob Magid
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) hold a Rubik's Cube at the Hungary-Israel Business Forum in Budapest, Hungary, on July 19, 2017. (Haim Zach/ GPO/ Flash90)
March 3, 2023, 9:14 am
In apparent gesture to Netanyahu, Orban to move Hungary’s embassy to Jerusalem
Foreign Ministry sources link decision by Budapest to Hungarian leader’s desire to help out PM amid controversy over plans to weaken judiciary, which have been likened to Hungary
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Chile's President Gabriel Boric attends a welcome ceremony at the National Palace in Mexico City, November 23, 2022. (Marco Ugarte/AP)
December 22, 2022, 1:04 pm
Chile president says he’s planning to open embassy ‘in Palestine’
Left-wing President Gabriel Boric makes announcement at Christmas event for local Palestinian community, the largest outside of the Middle East
By AFP and ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (R) and his British counterpart Liz Truss at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in London, November 29, 2021. (Stuart Mitchell)
October 1, 2022, 6:30 am
Arab states said to warn UK that moving embassy to Jerusalem could risk trade deal
Ambassadors from countries, including Abraham Accords members, penned letter to British PM before she notified Lapid she’d be launching review of mission’s location
By ToI Staff
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