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Brazil: We won't yield to Arab pressure, embassy will move to Jerusalem

  

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Via:  buzz-of-the-orient  •  6 years ago  •  4 comments

Brazil: We won't yield to Arab pressure, embassy will move to Jerusalem

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Brazil: We won't yield to Arab pressure, embassy will move to Jerusalem

After Egypt reportedly rescinds invitation of Brazilian foreign minister in protest of Brazil's plan to relocate its embassy, President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's son, Eduardo, insists embassy will move • Jewish leader: Israel suffered but held its head high.


By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom, November 7 2018


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Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, with his father's supporters in September | Photo: AFP


The new administration in Brazil has reiterated its position that despite mounting pressure from the Arab world, it will remain true to its word and relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.


"We're going to move the Brazilian Embassy to Jerusalem," Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of newly elected President Jair Bolsonaro, wrote on Tuesday to Jane Silva, president of a leading pro-Israel organization in Brazil.

Silva had approached Eduardo Bolsonaro in the wake of reports in the Brazilian press indicating that  Egypt had called off the Brazilian foreign minister's upcoming visit to Cairo  in protest of the planned embassy transfer.

In her letter to Bolsonaro, Silva wrote: "Jerusalem was always the capital of Israel. … There was a partition plan; the Arabs rejected it and launched wars against Israel and persecuted Israel. Israel has suffered, but it held its head high. Israel has seized every opportunity and established a nice home for the sole and legitimate owners of the land of Israel – the Jewish people."

"It's funny that there are over 50 Arab countries, none of which are willing to give a sliver of land to the Palestinians, while Israel is the only Jewish country in the world, smaller than [the state of] Sergipe in Brazil, and despite this they still want to divide Israel?" she wondered.

Meanwhile, Israeli and Brazilian officials have begun initial discussions to coordinate President Bolsonaro's visit to Israel soon after he is sworn into office.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may attend Bosonaro's inauguration, which is scheduled for January 1.

According to reports in the Brazilian media, it's possible that instead of a traditional Catholic Mass, which has been the setting for every preceding presidential inauguration, an evangelical pastor could preside over prayers at the event.

Bolsonaro has declared himself Catholic, while his wife if evangelical.



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Buzz of the Orient
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1  seeder  Buzz of the Orient    6 years ago

Another leader with the balls to show the middle finger to Arab pressure.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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1.1  Vic Eldred  replied to  Buzz of the Orient @1    6 years ago

It's called progress.  The world is changing. Who knew? For decades the UN was on the wrong side of history.

 
 
 
Tacos!
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2  Tacos!    6 years ago

The Arab nations will be an enemy to Israel as long as the rest of the world makes it easy for them to be so.

 
 
 
Enoch
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3  Enoch    6 years ago

I agree with and support the three posts above, as I do the article.

E.

 
 

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