Israel becomes Pacific Islands Forum partner

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Israel has become a partner of the Pacific Islands Forum, offering expertise on climate adaptation and water management. The move comes amid growing Israeli engagement in the Pacific, including Nauru's recent opening of an embassy in Jerusalem.

Israel has joined the inter-governmental Pacific Islands Forum as a partner offering climate change adaptation and water management expertise, its foreign ministry said Wednesday. Israel has beefed up its ties with the Pacific, with tiny Nauru opening an embassy in Jerusalem last month, joining a handful of nations bucking international pressure to recognise Israeli sovereignty in the holy city.