Jair Bolsonaro
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, met with Christian friends of Israel and the Jewish community in the South American country.
Jair Bolsonaro wrote on Twitter, “There is no reason to criticize dialogue, especially when the criticism comes from those who did nothing, only destroyed and stole from the country.”
As part of the first-ever visit by a sitting Israeli prime minister to Brazil, Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to forge stronger ties between his country and the South American nation.
Jair Bolsonaro will be sworn in as Brazil’s 38th president on Jan. 1, likely marking improved ties with the United States and Israel.
Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro ran as an anti-establishment candidate who would blaze a new path, including on foreign policy.
Eduardo Bolsonaro purportedly told Jared Kushner that “the question should not be whether we will do it, but when we will do it.”
Meanwhile, Israeli and Brazilian officials have begun initial discussions to coordinate president-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s visit to Israel soon after he is sworn into office.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s announcement “a historic, correct and moving step.”
The two nations have had relatively sturdy bilateral ties in the past, but now Brazil’s growing domestic needs may forced it to look beyond Middle East politics.
Jair Bolsonaro gives his first foreign media interview to “Israel Hayom,” saying he will promote cooperation with Israel • As a sovereign state, Israel is the only one that can decide its capital • “I love the Israeli people and Israel,” he declares.
“Is Palestine a country? Palestine is not a country, so there should be no embassy here,” said Jair Bolsonaro, who won his national election on Sunday with 55.1 percent of the votes. “You do not negotiate with terrorists.”
President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has stated that he will move Brazil’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and that his first international trip as president will be to Israel.
