Honduras

Israel, Honduras deepen defense ties with new memorandum of understanding

In 2021, Honduras became one of the first countries to move its embassy to Jerusalem, joining the US, Guatemala, and Kosovo.

Defense Minister Israel Katz with a Honduran military delegation, August 16, 2026
President Isaac Herzog is pictured with the Ambassador of Georgia to Israel, Beka Dvali on August 3, 2026.

Chile, Honduras return ambassadors to Israel for first time since October 7

(L-R) Chairman of Selection Committee, The Genesis Prize Foundation, David Hatchwell, Argentinian President Javier Milei, and Josh Reinstein, President of the Israel Allies Foundation.

Lawmakers from 12 Latin American countries back Isaac Accords, Jerusalem embassy move

Chile's President Jose Antonio Kast attends a press conference at the Chilean embassy, after meeting his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei, in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 6, 2026.

Chile to return ambassador to Israel, Kast tells Herzog


President of Honduras visits Western Wall

The President of Honduras visited the wall on Sunday ahead of the planned opening of a diplomatic office in Jerusalem.

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

Netanyahu: Honduras on path to opening J'lem embassy with trade office

Last week, Honduras’s Council of Ministers recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, becoming one of a small number of countries to do so.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez during a meeting in Brasilia, Brazil January 1, 2019.

PA: Arab world must boycott Honduras

The PA Foreign Ministry said that the move is “a flagrant violation of international law and resolutions,” and an act of “direct aggression against the Palestinian people and their rights."

The Palestinian flag flies after being raised by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a ceremony outside the United Nations in New York, September 30, 2015.

Grapevine: Viva Latin America

HONDURAN PRESIDENT Juan Orlando Hernández rallies with supporters outside the Presidential House.

Honduras president to open trade office in Jerusalem next week

Already in March, Hernandez has pledged to open such an office and said he recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

Honduras's President Juan Orlando Hernández

Trump cuts aid to 3 countries with strong relations with Israel

Last week, in his speech at the AIPAC policy conference, said President Juan Orlando Hernández of Honduras that he would open a commercial office in Jerusalem – but not an embassy.

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to a question as he speaks to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., March 29, 2019

U.S. to cut aid to Central America due to migrant crisis

At a rally on the border in El Paso, Texas, Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke denounced Trump's immigration policies as the politics of "fear and division."

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2018

PLO urges Romania, Honduras not to move embassies to Jerusalem

Erekat said that the moves were part of attempts to impose solution and dictates on the Palestinians and a "consecration of the language of the jungle and extremism at the expense of the rule of law.

PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE secretary-general Saeb Erekat speaks in Khan al-Ahmar on Thursday.

Romania at AIPAC: We will move our embassy to Jerusalem

Honduras promises to move its diplomatic mission to Jerusalem "immediately."

Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă says her government are moving their embassy to Jerusalem.

Senior source: 'Netanyahu got almost all he wanted from Pompeo'

"Israel had eight requests, and seven were granted," the source said. "The only issue that is still under discussion is the sale of aircraft to Croatia."

Benjamin Netanyahu and Mike Pompeo meet at UN Security Council, September 26, 2018