By Kirsty Needham and Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Papua New Guinea will join a handful of countries to open an embassy in Jerusalem, a decision ...
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He previously told parliament Israel was important because of its agriculture technology, however church groups have long lobbied for a Jerusalem embassy. "We have to have the relationship with Israel. This is what the people have been dreaming of," Pastor Peter Harut, PNG delegate for International Christian Embassy Jerusalem, a Christian Zionist group, said in a telephone interview.
A Florida-based Zionist group with pastors in PNG, United Nations for Israel, wrote to Marape to congratulate him. The visit will allow Netanyahu to burnish his statesman credentials amid diplomatic deadlock on other fronts for his hard-right government. PNG-Israel Jewish Council chairman, businessman Douveri Henao, will attend the ceremony, he said on social media.
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