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Bolsonaro confirms eventual embassy move to Jerusalem

The primary country objecting to it is Iran, and not Arab nations.

Jan. 4, 2019
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing anti-establishment figure who has promised to upend the status quo in the country, including improving ties with Israel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing anti-establishment figure who has promised to upend the status quo in the country, including improving ties with Israel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
( Jan. 4, 2019 / JNS )

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed on Thursday that he will move his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

The primary country objecting to it is Iran, he said, and not Arab nations.

“The decision is taken; it’s only a matter of when it will be implemented,” he said in an interview to SBT television.

While campaigning, Bolsonaro pledged to go ahead with the relocation, in addition to shuttering the Palestinian embassy in Brasilia.

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