Newly-confirmed Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša ordered the removal of the Palestinian flag from the government building in Ljubljana and called Israel a strategic partner in fighting terrorism. He also pledged to move Slovenia's embassy to Jerusalem.
On Sunday, hours after winning a vote of confidence, newly-confirmed Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša ordered the removal of the Palestinian flag from the government building in Ljubljana and called Israel a strategic partner in fighting terrorism. He also pledged to move Slovenia's embassy to Jerusalem. This development follows a series of steps by Janša's coalition since taking office, including revoking recognition of a Palestinian state (reported Sat 19:24 Jerusalem, version 2/3 of this thread) and lifting an arms embargo on Israel (reported Thu Jun 11 19:47 Jerusalem).
The thread began with a Zioneer report on Sat Jun 27 (19:24 Jerusalem, version 1) stating that Slovenia planned to revoke Palestinian state recognition and move its embassy. By version 2 that same evening, the revocation had passed unanimously. In version 3 (also Sat 19:24 Jerusalem), the PM described the previous recognition as 'illegal.' Earlier background reported by The Zioneer (Jun 5, Jun 11, Jun 16) documented the removal of earlier anti-Israel measures, including bans on Israeli officials and imports from Judea and Samaria.
The previous Slovenian government under President Nataša Pirc Musar had raised the Palestinian flag (as The Zioneer reported Sat Jun 6, 2026) and accused Israel of genocide. Janša's government has systematically reversed those policies, as the desk noted in June 5 and June 11 bulletins.
This dispatch's flag-removal and embassy pledge come from a single curated source. No independent confirmation or timeline for the embassy move has been published by official Slovenian channels.
4 developments
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- ConfirmedSlovenia's new government reverses arms embargo, bans on Israeli officials
Source and signal
- Internal intake