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== Oceania ==

=== Australia ===
{{Main|Australia–Israel relations}}
[[File:PikiWiki Israel 10413 australian light horse monument in beer sheva.jpg|thumb|[[Australian Light Horse]] Monument in [[Australian Soldier Park]], [[Beersheba]]]]

Australia was one of the four [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nations to vote in favour of the [[1947 UN partition resolution]]. Australia and Israel established full diplomatic relations in January 1949.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Danny Ben-Moshe |author2=Zohar Segev |title=Israel, the Diaspora, and Jewish identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1bXETKMOI1cC |access-date=4 August 2011|year=2007|publisher=Sussex Academic Press|isbn=978-1-84519-189-4|page=262}}</ref> Australia has an embassy in Tel Aviv and Israel likewise in [[Canberra]]. In May 2010, the Australian government expelled an Israeli diplomat over the misuse of Australian passports in the [[assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh]], which Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said was "not the act of a friend."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/rudd-government-to-expel-israeli-diplomat-over-forged-passports-used-in-hamas-hit/story-e6frgczf-1225870500866 |title=Rudd government to expel Israeli diplomat over forged passports used in Hamas hit |work=The Australian |date=28 September 2012}}</ref>

=== Marshall Islands ===
{{Main|Israel–Marshall Islands relations}}

The Marshall Islands is one of the most consistent supporters of Israel international affairs, along with the United States, Micronesia and Palau. The Marshall Islands is a country in free association with the United States, and thus consistently vote in favor of the United States.

=== Micronesia ===
{{Main|Israel–Federated States of Micronesia relations}}

The Federated States of Micronesia is one of the most consistent supporters of Israel in voting at the UN.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jungewelt.de/2004/07-10/019.php |title=junge Welt&nbsp;– die linke Tageszeitung. Nachrichten und Hintergründe |work=Junge Welt|date=10 July 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jungewelt.de/2003/09-22/001.php |title=junge Welt&nbsp;– die linke Tageszeitung. Nachrichten und Hintergründe |work=Junge Welt |date=22 September 2003}}</ref>

In January 2010, the President of the Federated States of Micronesia, [[Emanuel Mori]], and the President of the Republic of Nauru, [[Marcus Stephen]], with their foreign ministers, visited Israel to expand ties on issues such as [[Science and technology in Israel#Health sciences|healthcare]], [[Solar power in Israel|solar energy]], [[Science and technology in Israel#Hydraulic engineering|water conservation]], [[Science and technology in Israel#Environmental science|clean technologies]] and other areas in which Israel can provide expertise. They met with Israeli leaders including the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman.<ref>[http://www.israel21c.org/briefs/pacific-nations-israel-expand-ties Pacific nations, Israel expand ties] (20 January 2010) in [http://www.israel21c.org/ ''Israel 21c Innovation News Service'']. Retrieved 20 January 2010</ref>

=== Nauru ===
{{Main|Israel–Nauru relations}}
{{Unreferenced section|date=March 2021}}
Israel and the [[Republic of Nauru]] established official diplomatic relations in 2013 and collaborated on various subjects.{{which|date=March 2021|reason=what subjects did they collaborate on?}} Nauru, like other Pacific islands such as the [[Marshall Islands]], [[Federated States of Micronesia|Micronesia]] and [[Palau]], is a consistent supporter of Israel in international bodies, including the United Nations.

=== New Zealand ===
{{Main|Israel–New Zealand relations}}

New Zealand was one of the four [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nations to vote in favour of the [[1947 UN partition resolution]]. Since then, most New Zealand governments have been supportive of Israel. After 53 years of full diplomatic relations, the Israeli Embassy in Wellington closed in 2004 due to $5.4 million in cost-cuts by the Israeli Foreign Ministry. It was speculated that trade with Arab countries were a major factor. In June 2004, the New Zealand Government criticized Israel's policy of bulldozing Palestinian homes and donated $534,000 to aid homeless Palestinians. At one time there were four missions in the South Pacific area in Canberra, Sydney, Wellington and Suva in Fiji. Following the closure, only Canberra remained open, which was responsible for New Zealand-Israeli Relations. In 2009, the Israel Foreign Ministry announced the reopening of the embassy in [[Wellington]].<ref name="JP2009" />

In mid-2004, two suspected [[Mossad]] agents were jailed for three months and paid a $35,000 fine for trying on false grounds to obtain a New Zealand passport. High-level visits between the two countries were cancelled, visa restrictions imposed for Israeli officials, and an expected visit to New Zealand by Israeli president Moshe Katsav was cancelled. More than a year later, Israel apologized and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that it was time to resume friendly diplomatic relations with Israel.

=== Niue ===
Diplomatic relations between Israel and [[Niue]] were established on August 3, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvniue.com/2023/08/niue-formalises-diplomatic-relations-with-israel/|title=Niue formalises diplomatic relations with Israel|date=2 August 2023}}</ref>

=== Palau ===
{{Main|Israel–Palau relations}}

Palau is one of the most consistent supporters of Israel in the United Nations and other international affairs along with the United States, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. In 2006, Palau had the highest voting coincidence with Israel in the United Nations.

=== Papua New Guinea ===
{{Main|Israel–Papua New Guinea relations}}

=== Tuvalu ===
Israel maintains a non-resident embassy to Tuvalu in Jerusalem and Tuvalu has voted together with Israel against UN resolutions furthering Palestinian sovereignty on occasion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11676.doc.htm |title=State of Palestine Flag to Fly at United Nations Headquarters, Offices as General Assembly Adopts Resolution on Non-Member Observer States &#124; Meetings Coverage and Press Releases |publisher=Un.org |date=10 September 2015 |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vNb5VkyxDlYC|title=Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict|first=Norman G.|last=Finkelstein|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Verso|isbn=978-1-85984-442-7}}</ref>