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Israel–Nepal relations refer to the bilateral ties between the State of Israel and Nepal. The two countries established diplomatic relations on 1 June 1960, making Nepal the third country in South Asia to recognize Israel behind Ceylon (now Sri Lanka ) and India , and the first South Asian state to establish full bilateral ties with it.
The Embassy of Israel to Nepal is the diplomatic mission of Israel in Nepal. The Embassy was established in March 1961 after diplomatic relations were established between the two countries in June 1960, under the leadership of David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel and B.P. Koirala, the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal.
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Nepal was the first South Asian country to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, and the countries enjoy a strong relationship; [172] it recognises the rights of the Palestinians, having voted in favour of its recognition at the UN and against the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. [173]
Nepal was the first and until recently the only nation in South and Central Asia to establish diplomatic ties with Israel. The bilateral relation between the two countries has been good. Traditionally, Nepal votes in favor of Israel at the UN and abstains from resolution opposed by the Israeli government barring few exceptions.
The couple who run the center were models for a television series in Israel. The Jerusalem-based NGO Tevel B'Tzedek ('The world with Justice'), under its orthodox head Micha Odenheimer has organized many Israeli youths to travel to Nepalese villages and provide help to handle modernization, teaching efficient forms of irrigation and agriculture ...
Benny Omer has been the Israeli Ambassador to Nepal [1] since 2017 and from 1998 until 1999. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] From 2009 until 2013, and previously in 2001, Omer was ambassador to the Côte d’Ivoire [ 4 ] and from 2003 until 2007, Cameroon .
Israel–Nepal relations, first established in 1960, are based on mutual security concerns. [367] Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Prime Minister of Nepal from 1959 to 1960, had a strongly pro-Israel foreign policy. King Mahendra visited Israel in 1963 and maintained Koirala's special relationship. Until the 1990s Nepal was the only South Asian ...