Jair Bolsonaro
Senators who passed the law rebuked President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for his hostility toward the Jewish state.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reciprocated by inviting Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro to Israel, saying he “would be pleased” to host the latter at the Brazilian embassy in Jerusalem when it opens.
Relocating the embassy is “not something extraordinary. It’s supposed to be a natural and normal thing,” says senior Brazilian MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
The move would follow on the heels of Paraguay, which just announced that it would deem the military wings of Hamas and Hezbollah as terror organizations.
“We will never give a hand to those who deny the truth or try to cause it to be forgotten. Not by individuals nor organizations, not by head of parties nor by heads of states,” said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stopped short of his campaign promise to relocate his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, instead announcing a trade and innovation office in the city.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has also repeatedly promised to relocate the Brazilian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
A search-and-rescue team of 130 Israeli conscripted and reserve soldiers landed on a specially chartered emergency El Al flight to South Western Brazil to join local rescue crews in the search for hundreds of people who went missing when a dam collapsed.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro likely to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital during his visit • Bolsonaro, who has repeatedly said he plans to move embassy to Jerusalem, set to land in Israel on March 31.
The primary country objecting to it is Iran, and not Arab nations.
Israeli prime minister calls Brazil a “true friend” after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro awards him the National Order of the Southern Cross, the highest honor Brazil confers on foreigners • Netanyahu also meets with leaders of Honduras, Chile.
“The decision by the president on Syria in no way changes anything that this administration is working on alongside Israel,” Pompeo told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
