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Israel-Honduras relations

President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez waves during a visit to Santiago, Chile, March 10, 2018. (Esteban Felix/AP)
December 2, 2025, 7:22 pm
Ex-Honduras president Hernández freed from US prison after Trump pardon
Trump claims former leader set-up by Biden when he was convicted of taking bribes from drug smugglers in 2022; Hernández advanced pro-Israel policies, moved embassy to Jerusalem
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and MIKE CATALINI
Nasry Asfura, presidential candidate for Honduras' National Party, shows his ballots during general elections in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
December 1, 2025, 9:26 am
Trump-backed candidate leads polls in Honduras presidential election
Polarized nation appears poised to swing back to the right in elections dominated by Trump’s threat to cut aid if Nasry Asfura not elected; Asfura’s party has been strongly pro-Israel
By Henry MORALES and Noe LEIVA
Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina of Honduras stands for the playing of national anthems during a ceremony in Beijing, March 26, 2023. (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP, File)
November 4, 2023, 4:12 am
Honduras recalls ambassador to Israel over ‘serious humanitarian situation’ in Gaza
Despite move, which follows protests by several other Latin American nations, Honduran FM says ties with Israel stable; diplomats and staff remain at embassy in Jerusalem
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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
Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro acknowledges supporters accompanied by her running mate Salvador Nasralla, right, during a closing campaign rally, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)
February 8, 2022, 4:53 am
Honduras’ new vice president, wife have history of antisemitic remarks
But analysts say Salvador Nasralla, who is of Palestinian descent, unlikely to sway strong pro-Israel sentiment in country, one of a handful to have moved its embassy to Jerusalem
By CALEB GUEDES-REED
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández. (courtesy)
December 30, 2021, 4:33 am
Outgoing Honduras president: Christians, parliament will protect strong Israel ties
Shortly before he leaves office, Juan Orlando Hernández, a close ally of Israel, says his left-wing successor will face resistance if she tries to move Jerusalem embassy
By Lazar Berman
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
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)
March 9, 2021, 1:51 am
Israel said renewing vaccine diplomacy, to send extra shots to friendly nations
After original move was halted by Justice Ministry, Israel reportedly to send 100,000 surplus Moderna doses to 20 countries and Sinai peacekeepers
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the arrival of over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, at Ben Gurion Airport, on December 9, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
February 25, 2021, 10:44 pm
Israel suspends delivery of vaccines to other countries amid legal uncertainty
Move comes after AG asks for clarifications on initiative, Gantz demands halt to shipments, citing poor decision-making process; plane carrying jabs from Israel lands in Honduras
By Agencies 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
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shows his ballot after casting a vote for a constitutional assembly in Caracas, Venezuela on Sunday, July 30, 2017 (Miraflores Press Office via AP)
March 26, 2020, 11:22 pm
US indicts Venezuela’s Maduro on narcoterrorism charges
Leader and his military henchmen accused of harboring drug traffickers, guerrillas including from Lebanese terror group Hezbollah
By Joshua Goodman and Scott Smith
Gil Haskel, head of MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation, in Nepal. (MASHAV)
February 23, 2020, 11:41 am
Trade instead of aid? As export markets shrink, Israel looks to developing world
Country’s much-lauded and decades-old overseas development arm faces uncertain future amid budget shortfall, efforts to bring private sector into game
By Sue Surkes
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