Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem

Officials in Port Moresby have confirmed Papua New Guinea will inaugurate a new embassy in Jerusalem. Read more

Israeli Foreign Minister: Hungary to open embassy in Jerusalem

Hungary will become the first European Union member state to open an embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced in Budapest on Wednesday. Read more

Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem

Papua New Guinea will establish an embassy in Jerusalem, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Sunday morning. Read more

Report: Arab diplomats urge new British PM to not move embassy to Jerusalem

Arab ambassadors in London have sent a letter to newly minted UK Prime Minister Liz Truss urging her to scrap what they described as “an illegal and ill-judged” plan to move the British Embassy to Jerusalem, The Guardian reported on Friday. Read more

UK prime minister candidate to review moving embassy to Jerusalem, if elected

British Foreign Secretary of State and Parliament member Liz Truss promised to consider moving the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem if she is elected Tory leader and becomes prime minister in September. Read more

A motion to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and to move the Australia embassy there

Senator Fraser Anning (Qld) last night filed a Notice of Motion with the Clerk of the Senate to the effect that Australia will recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move our embassy to the western side of Jerusalem…the motion was defeated in the senate today by 50-4. Read more

Embassy official to be expelled

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith has directed that a member of the Israeli Embassy be withdrawn from Australia  within a week following the investigation of the Dubai passports affair.  Read more