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Flag Removed, Slovenia Moves Embassy to Jerusalem

6/8/2026

Summary

Story summary

Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s swearing-in on June 4 2026 was followed within an hour by the removal of the Palestinian flag from Ljubljana’s government building.
President Natasa Pirc Musar had raised the flag at the palace and called Israel’s actions a genocide after parliament removed it.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Prime Minister Janez Jansa announced Israel will open an embassy in Ljubljana and Slovenia will rescind recognition of Palestinian state and move its embassy to Jerusalem.

History

Historical Context

In September 1993 Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo I Accord in Washington, establishing recognition and a five-year interim framework that created the Palestinian Authority. The agreement emerged from Oslo talks after the 1991 Madrid Conference, an Israel-PLO deal. Today, Slovenia’s prime minister Janez Janša and President Nataša Pirc Musar removed Palestinian flag from Ljubljana and approved an Israeli embassy, reflecting Oslo’s diplomatic shift.

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Story summary

Prime Minister Janez Jansa’s swearing-in on June 4 2026 was followed within an hour by the removal of the Palestinian flag from Ljubljana’s government building.
President Natasa Pirc Musar had raised the flag at the palace and called Israel’s actions a genocide after parliament removed it.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar and Prime Minister Janez Jansa announced Israel will open an embassy in Ljubljana and Slovenia will rescind recognition of Palestinian state and move its embassy to Jerusalem.

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