Israel joins the Pacific Islands Forum as a partner

One source focused on the Forum's membership details and fields of cooperation citing Israel's Channel 7, another limited itself to the announcement without details, and a third attributed the announcement to the Israeli foreign ministry, cited the leaders' decision in Palau and noted the absence of a Forum response.

• المترجم احمد المقادمة Led with Channel 7's report that Israel was accepted as a partner, listed the 18 member states and territories including Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, and cited cooperation in water, agriculture, innovation and climate change.
• LBCI Lebanon Limited itself to the news of Israel announcing its joining as a partner, without details on who made the announcement, the decision process or the fields of cooperation.
• الشرق الأوسط Attributed the announcement to the Israeli foreign ministry, noted the membership decision was taken by leaders of member states at their meeting in Palau, listed the cooperation fields, and mentioned that the Forum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.