Officials from the Foreign Ministry, the President’s Residence and the American Jewish Committee, which initiated the visit, scheduled a series of meetings for FSM President Emanuel Mori and Nauru President Marcus Stephen with Israel’s senior-most officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and President Shimon Peres.
Mori and Stephen were due to visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, as well as holy Christian sites in Jerusalem and the Sea of Galilee area.
During their stay the leaders were briefed on the Hamas threat in Gaza and the security situation along Israel’s northern border.
Mori and Stephen, whose countries regularly back Israel at the United Nations, also toured Masada before unwinding at a Dead Sea spa.
