Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett inaugurated Honduras' new embassy in Jerusalem June 24. “The Jewish people have a long memory, and you will be written in the pages of history as someone who took a courageous action and the right action for the State of Israel. Thank you,” said Bennett. In a tweet later, Bennett welcomed Hernandez “to our eternal capital.’’

Bennett thanked Hernandez for consistently supporting Israel in international organizations “even when it is not always popular and even when it has a cost." He said, "That is a sign of friendship: the willingness to take action even when it has a price. I want to thank you and the public in Honduras for this support. We saw it recently in Operation Guardian of the Walls, when the Hamas terrorist organization shot thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians while cynically using the Gaza population — women, children and adults — as human shields."

Israel now plans to open an embassy in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa.

During the ceremony, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and his Honduran counterpart Lisandro Rosales signed memoranda of understanding relating to health, agriculture, water management, education, information sharing, development and innovation. After the ceremony, Lapid tweeted, “I congratulated the President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernandez, on the inauguration of the embassy today in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital. The opening of the embassy in Jerusalem is further proof of the warm and good relations that the State of Israel and the Honduran people share. I thank you, the President of Honduras, for your efforts to strengthen the ties between our countries and peoples.’’