Shanuka Elangasekara. Photo: screenshot.
When one walks into Shanuka Elangasekara’s office in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, mezuzahs and menorahs — as well as Israeli and Sri Lankan flags — adorn the building with a striking mural, resembling the Western Wall in Jerusalem. She was named among the top 50 Christian friends of Israel in Israel Allies Foundation’s 2024 list for the work her group, the Israel Sri Lanka Solitary Movement, does.
The country has 22 million people.