Prior to meeting PM Netanyahu, the Fijian president began his visit in the Golan Heights inspecting his country’s UN peacekeeping troops, who this past summer had been kidnapped by Al-Nusra terrorists.
Fijian President Frank Bainimarama began a three day visit to Israel on Monday ahead of a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday evening, after the latter fired key ministers and sent Israel to snap elections.

First Fiji President, Frank Bainimarama – Photo: Graham Davis/The Australian
Bainimarama, who was elected in September, is the first democratically elected president in Fiji’s history. The country has just come off a long period of military dictatorship. Continue Reading »