Netanyahu Worked With Pompeo in Jerusalem Embassy Campaign, Official Says
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu helped squeeze the president of Honduras into Secretary of State Michael Pompeo’s crowded schedule in Brazil, betting that the Latin American leader will move his embassy to Jerusalem ahead of April elections where the premier is fighting to keep his job, according to a senior Israeli official.
Netanyahu and Pompeo held an unusual three-way meeting in Brasilia on Tuesday designed to coax Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez into recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving the Central American nation’s embassy from Tel Aviv within the next two months, said the official, who was present at the gathering. Honduras also wants Israel to open an embassy in its capital, Tegucigalpa.