Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem was founded by Indigenous Coalition For Israel and spearheaded by Jerusalem’s Deputy Mayor, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum. Some of the documents and press relating to the founding:
Letter of Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem to ICFI’s Dr Sheree Trotter
Ministry of Foreign Affairs approved Media Release
Amuta Registration Certificate
Jewish News Syndicate 5 February 2024
Jewish News Syndicate 28 January 2024
Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem is a platform for all the indigenous of the nations to express their solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people.
DIRECTORS
Dr Sheree Trotter earned her PhD in history from the University of Auckland (Thesis: Zionism in New Zealand to 1948). In 2012 she co-founded the Holocaust and Antisemitism Foundation for whom she has interviewed seventy Holocaust survivors. Sheree completed an Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy scholars-in-residence course at Oxford in 2023. Sheree is Maori (Te Arawa). Read endorsements from leaders in the Jewish community, and others.
Hon Alfred Ngaro Alfred was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 2011 to 2020 and the first Cook Islander elected to Parliament in New Zealand. As an MP, Alfred re-established the Parliamentary Friends of Israel Group. He served as a cabinet minister and was an active advocate on social issues.
The Advisory Council of Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem will be announced here shortly.