{"id":4592,"date":"2021-12-01T09:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T09:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new2022.foz.co.il\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2022-03-13T08:00:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T08:00:07","slug":"hernandez-receives-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fozmuseum.com\/blog\/hernandez-receives-award\/","title":{"rendered":"President Juan Orlando Hernandez Receives The \u201cFriends Of Zion Award\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Following the opening of the new Honduran \u201cdiplomatic office\u201d in Jerusalem, the Friends of Zion Museum bestowed the \u2018Friends of Zion Award\u2019 unto President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez of Honduras for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital and his steadfast support for the State of Israel and the Jewish people.<\/p>
The \u201cFriends of Zion Award\u201d is the FOZ Museum\u2019s highest honor and is presented to world leaders who have gone \u201cabove and beyond\u201d for the Jewish state. The award ceremony was held at the Friends of Zion Museum, with the Presidential Delegation of Honduras, including the First Lady, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lisandro Rosales, who was also awarded during the ceremony with the \u2018Friends of Zion Psalms 122 Tribute\u2019, Honduran Ambassador to Israel Mario Castillo, and many others.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
After an exclusive tour of the FOZ Museum, Dr. Mike Evans, Founder & International Chairman of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center, said that \u201cWhen people have the moral courage to stand up and do the right thing, they need to be rewarded.\u201d<\/p>
After the special award ceremony honoring Honduras\u2019 support for the State of Israel, President Juan Orlando Hern\u00e1ndez thanked the Friends of Zion Museum for all their great work strengthening Israel\u2019s relations around the world. \u201cWe admire the people of Israel. It has been a blessing for us even before we made this decision, in our hearts and in our minds.\u201d<\/p>
FOZ has honored worthy heads of state for their pro-Israel accomplishments and has encouraged them to further their relations with the State of Israel.<\/p>
In December 2017, President Donald Trump, received the Friends of Zion Award from Dr. Mike Evans in the Oval Office at an event attended by Vice President Pence, Senior Advisors Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump and faith leaders representing over 150 million Christians globally.<\/p>