Bahá'í Faith in the Marshall Islands the Marshall Islands, went from 2% to 11.5% according to Bahá'í sources. Similar growth rates are reported in some other Pacific nations. But as early as 2001 the US State Dept estimated the Bahá'ís at 0.6 percent or about 400. However almost at the same time the 2000 World Christian Encyclopedia estimation of a Bahá'í population was just over 1,000, or 1.50%. Bahá'í Faith in the Marshall Islands The Bahá'í Faith in the Marshall Islands begins after 1916 with a mention by `Abdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, that Bahá'ís should take the religion there. The first Bahá'í to pioneer
Israel–Marshall Islands relations with Israeli support. In 2003, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Center for International Cooperation (MASHAV) supplied the Marshall Islands with experts on citrus crops and irrigation. In June 2010, a team of Israeli ophthalmologists arrived in the Marshall Islands to perform cataract, oculoplastics and sight-restoring surgical operations. The mission was jointly organized by MASHAV and an Israeli NGO, Eye from Zion. Israel–Marshall Islands relations Israel–Marshall Islands relations are diplomatic and other relations between Israel and the Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands has established diplomatic relations with Israel since 1987, and has traditionally been a close voting ally of Israel