Honduras to consider returning Israeli embassy to Tel Aviv after 'backstabbing' Jerusalem move
MENA
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The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 August, 2022
Honduran President Iris Xiomara Castro has decided to reverse a decision by the former administration to move the country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Iris Xiomara Castro wants to reverse the Jerusalem embassy move [Getty]
Honduras is considering moving its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, a year after moving it to Jerusalem, according to the Honduran foreign ministry.
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a conservative who considered himself a close Washington ally, moved Honduras's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in 2021.
The United States had moved its embassy to Jerusalem in 2018 under then-President Donald Trump, reversing decades of US policy.
Hernandez was extradited to the United States earlier this year on charges of drug trafficking. His successor, leftist Iris Xiomara Castro, took office in January.
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Xiomara with her husband, "Mel" Zelaya,when they were
very young.
The two, one mother, two daughters, two sons, and grandchildren.