Honduras to move its Israel embassy to Jerusalem by end of year

Al Jazeera ^ | Monday, September 21, 2020 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

Honduras hopes to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem before the end of the year, putting an end to its policy of neutrality - a move likely to further anger the Palestinians.

"I have just talked to Prime Minister Netanyahu to strengthen our strategic alliance, we spoke to arrange the opening of the embassies in Tegucigalpa and Jerusalem, respectively," Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez posted on Twitter on Sunday.

"We hope to take this historic step before the end of the year, as long as the pandemic allows it."

Netanyahu said the intention was to open and inaugurate the embassies before the end of the year. Israel currently has no embassy in Honduras but opened a diplomatic office there last month...

Hernandez opened a commercial office in Jerusalem in September 2019 as an extension of the Honduran embassy in Tel Aviv.

"Honduras recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and we are confident that this recognition will be of great blessing and mutual benefit," Hernandez said last month.

Honduras has the second-largest population of Palestinians in Latin America, after Chile...

Only two countries - the United States and Guatemala - have established embassies to Israel in Jerusalem.

The Honduran statement followed announcements by US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu this month who said Kosovo and Serbia would also open embassies in Jerusalem.

[SunkenCiv]

Subtitle: President Juan Hernandez also announces that Israel will open a diplomatic office in Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.

Hernandez opened a commercial office in Jerusalem in September 2019 as an extension of the Honduran embassy in Tel Aviv [File: Debbie Hill/Pool/Reuters]

[SunkenCiv]

I'm sure Obama, Clinton, Kerry, and Biden should get the Nobel Peace Prize for this.

[Eleutheria5]

Wait until they claim credit.

[SJackson]

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I suppose for Israeli staff it's a little safer in Teguciagalpa than San Pedro Sula.

[Pollard]

Imagine the world with another four years of Trump. He’d remake the world in a good way. I hope there’s someone for 2024 that can basically be Trump’s third and maybe even fourth term.

[GOPJ]

The Honduran statement followed announcements by US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu this month who said Kosovo and Serbia would also open embassies in Jerusalem.

More to come... Trump's got this one.

[SunkenCiv]

selections from the Abraham Accords keyword (since topic 3883083), sorted:

• Iraq's shattered Mosul church cleared of rubble in UAE-Unesco rebuilding {Iraq}
• Palestine quits Arab League role in protest over Israel deals
• New Mediterranean energy forum launched with Israel as member
• Social media rumours that Saudi Arabia King Salman is in critical condition
• Four-Star General: Trump Ending Iran Appeasement Could End Regime
• A Tale of Two White House Signing Ceremonies
• Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for Israel-Bahrain-UAE deal. It's more than Obama did.
• John Kerry Taunted After Video Surfaces of Him Declaring Peace in the Middle East Is Not Possible
• President Trump's Three Steps to the Abraham Accords
• "Peace is The Prize" - President Trump Meets With His Excellency [Emir] of Kuwait - Schedules 2:00pm Press Conference
• Why Trump's Mideast Peace Deals Matter
• Peace in the Middle East
• Is Peace at Hand in the Middle East?
• FACEPALM: Fox News' Juan Williams Says Trump's Israel Peace Deals 'Accelerate' the 'Chance of War' in Middle East
• Why Trump Deserves Credit For Brokering Mideast Peace Deals
• Trump's Middle East Peace Deals Proved 'Experts' And Pundits Wrong
• The Mideast Peace Process, Forty Years Later
• Dem Hack Chuck Todd 'Uncomfortable' With Historic Middle East Peace Deal
• Israel 'normalistion': Is Saudi Arabia softening its stance?
• Normalization between Israel and Arabs
• FLASHBACK: Experts Predicted Jerusalem Embassy Move Would Kill Middle East Peace
• Trump Expects '8 Or 9' More Arab Countries To Join Israel Peace Agreement, Including Saudi Arabia
• Re Trump's 'Abraham accord': 'When the 'left' makes "peace" - buses explode, when the 'right' makes peace, the leftists explode"'
• Hungary only EU country to send minister to Israel-UAE accord signing
• Trump Deserves Higher Honor Than Nobel Prize
• Joe Biden: Trump 'Accidentally' Making Peace Between Israel and Arab States
• The Atlantic calls to 'end the Nobel Peace Prize' following Trump nominations (the Atlantic)
• Remarks by President Trump on the Announcement of Normalization of Relations Between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain
• President Donald J. Trump Has Brokered a Historic Deal Between Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain
• UAE official tells Turkey to stop meddling in Arab affairs over Libya
• Abbas To Sign Accords With Putin in Moscow

[Rusty0604]

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[Rusty0604]

Arab Accords: Bahrain Foils Iranian-Backed Terrorist Attacks

Less than a week after the signing of the Israel-Arab peace accords, the Arab Gulf country of Bahrain has reported a foiled Iranian terrorist plot against diplomats and foreign nationals on its soil.

Several suspects have been rounded up for planning a terrorist attack backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — Iranian regime’s military and foreign terrorist arm, Reuters reported citing Bahrain’s Interior Ministry

The news of the foiled terrorist attack comes amid a series of Iranian threats against Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for endorsing President Donald Trump-brokered peace agreements with Israel. Bahrain, along with the UAE, signed the Abraham Accords at the White House on September 15, establishing diplomatic and commercial relations with the State of Israel.

Besides foreign diplomats and civilians, the Iranian terrorists might also have had Bahrain-based U.S. servicemen in their crosshairs, news reports suggest. Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/09/arab-accords-bahrain-foils-iranian-backed-terrorist-attacks/

Biden’s buddies.

[SunkenCiv]

Since Soleimani experienced the Ron Popeil Jihadist Processor, the Iranian Reactionary Goofy Clowns have lost something. Kinda sad to watch. ;^)

[SunkenCiv]

It's a lock, IMHO.

[Rusty0604]

😎

[pabianice]

Sorry. Turkey just claimed it.

[SJackson]

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[knighthawk]

Trump leads the way! Liberal heads exploding some more!

[SunkenCiv]

They must have been bananas not to have it in Jerusalem in the first place.