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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 434

Honduran embassy

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States, at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez)
April 22, 2022, 1:21 am
Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US to face drugs, weapons charges
Hernandez reportedly sought assurances from Israeli officials that they would intercede with US on his behalf in exchange for him moving embassy to Jerusalem
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (R) and then-Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernández in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, June 24, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
February 17, 2022, 3:57 am
Honduran ex-president reportedly asked Israel to help prevent his extradition to US
Newly arrested Hernandez told officials in Israeli government that their predecessors vowed to act on his behalf in exchange for him moving embassy to Jerusalem, Channel 12 reports
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) and Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández inaugurate the new Honduran embassy in Jerusalem, June 24, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 24, 2021, 4:14 pm
Honduras becomes 4th country to open embassy in Jerusalem
In his first meeting with a foreign leader since becoming PM, Bennett thanks visiting President Hernández for ‘having done a brave and justified deed for the State of Israel’
By Amy Spiro
Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, right, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem on September 1, 2019. (Courtesy Western Wall Heritage Foundation)
June 24, 2021, 10:57 am
Honduran president to inaugurate new embassy in Jerusalem Thursday
Juan Orlando Hernández slated to attend dedication ceremony after meeting with Rivlin and Bennett to strengthen ‘the ties of friendship, solidarity and cooperation’
By Amy Spiro
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Jerusalem on October 29, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
June 4, 2021, 12:53 pm
Honduras to open embassy in Jerusalem this month, president to travel to Israel
Move comes after Central American nation followed Trump in recognizing city as capital; inauguration was apparently delayed by pandemic
By AFP and ToI Staff
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Jerusalem on October 29, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 21, 2020, 2:44 am
Honduras to move embassy to Jerusalem by end of 2020, Israel says
Prime Minister’s Office says Israel will also open bureau in Tegucigalpa this year; Honduran president, however, says he ‘hopes’ to make move if ‘pandemic allows it’
By Luke Tress and ToI Staff
Eduardo Bolsonaro, Brazilian federal deputy and son of Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, at an event opening the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in Jerusalem, December 15, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 15, 2019, 5:12 pm
Brazil opens trade office in Jerusalem, hailed as harbinger of embassy move
‘We’re not going to do something extraordinary. We’re doing a normal thing — to recognize your capital,’ declares Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president’s son and a senior MP
By Raphael Ahren
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a joint press conference at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, on March 31, 2019. (DEBBIE HILL/POOL/AFP)
December 2, 2019, 10:11 pm
Brazil to open trade mission in Jerusalem later this month
President Jair Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo to attend December 15 ceremony; Honduras to move embassy to capital ‘in the next few weeks,’ Israeli official says
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening of a Honduran trade office in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
September 2, 2019, 9:02 pm
Honduran trade office opening was not held at actual trade office
Real facility is reportedly across the hall in Jerusalem building, but wasn’t ready on time for Sunday inauguration ceremony
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening of a Honduran trade office in Jerusalem, on September 1, 2019. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90)
September 1, 2019, 10:00 pm
Honduras opens trade office in Jerusalem, in ‘first step’ toward embassy move
President Hernandez hails ‘historic day’; prays at Western Wall, but stops short of endorsing Israeli sovereignty at flashpoint holy site
By Raphael Ahren
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets with Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Jerusalem on October 29, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
September 1, 2019, 1:58 am
Honduran president lands in Israel to open ‘diplomatic office’ in Jerusalem
Leader of Central American nation has raised Palestinian ire by recognizing the city as the capital of the Jewish state
By ToI Staff and Agencies
File: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, left, meets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at UN headquarters, February 20, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images via JTA)
August 29, 2019, 6:59 pm
Palestinians to file complaint over Honduras Jerusalem move
PLO says it will ‘reassess its relationship’ with the Central American nation, whose president announced recognition of Israel’s capital this week
By AFP and ToI Staff
A child plays near the beach in Nauru during the Pacific Islands Forum on the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. (Jason Oxenham/Pool Photo via AP)
August 29, 2019, 4:33 pm
Nauru, world’s ‘least-visited country,’ recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Foreign Minister Katz praises move by tiny Pacific island nation, expresses hope more countries will follow suit
By JTA and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
August 28, 2019, 8:59 pm
Honduras recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Announcement from Central American nation comes ahead of Friday visit by President Hernandez to inaugurate diplomatic office in holy city
By AFP and ToI Staff
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