(Radio New Zealand) The Solomon Islands opposition leader, Manasseh Sogavare, says the government is being insensitive to Israel by forging diplomatic ties with Iran's regime which doesn't recognize the Jewish state's right to exist. Israel's Foreign Ministry, which lodged a protest with Solomon Islands over its recently-forged ties with Tehran, claims Iran is bribing small countries to vote against Israel in the UN.
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