Indigenous Embassy

Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem is a platform for all the indigenous of the nations to express their solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people.

Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem is a registered Amuta (non-profit entity in Israel). It is also incorporated in New Zealand as a charitable trust board. Indigenous Embassy Jerusalem was founded by Indigenous Coalition For Israel and spearheaded by Jerusalem’s Deputy Mayor, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum. Read the media release approved by Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Statement of Purpose

• IEJ will be a tangible expression of indigenous peoples’ support for Israel and affirmation of the Jewish people’s indigenous status. Many who are indigenous identify with the struggle of the Jewish people against dominant narratives that seek to erase identity and connection to ancestral lands. A number have faced existential threats, as does Israel.

• IEJ will provide a symbolic doorway, a place of welcome and an information hub for indigenous peoples visiting Israel. It will also provide a platform for expression of solidarity with Israel.

• IEJ will support and promulgate the academic work being undertaken to respond to false narratives and to ground the argument for Jewish indigeneity.

• IEJ will become a tourist attraction that tells the stories of Jewish-indigenous connections and histories, and will display indigenous arts.

• IEJ will establish a media production department to create films, podcasts, news programmes and material for use in its exhibition space, on social media and other outlets.

• IEJ will foster relationships and mutually beneficial collaborative projects in education, business and innovation.

• IEJ will not purport to be an official representative of any of the governments of the host nations of the respective indigenous peoples.

The Indigenous Embassy is a member of the Israelite Alliance.