[1] The State of Israel and the Kingdom of Tonga officially established their diplomatic relations in 1977, seven years after Tongan independence.

[4] In 2011, Shemi Tzur, the Israeli ambassador in Wellington, showed his credentials to the Tongan King.

In the same year, the speaker of the Knesset, Reuven Rivlin,[5] paid a visit to Tonga.

At the end of that year, a Tongan parliamentary delegation paid a visit to Israel.

In 2012, a delegation from Tonga, headed by the Tongan PM, paid a visit to Israel.