Tag: Israel-Brazil Relations
COVID-19 continued spread drives Brazilian Jews to immigrate to Israel
Thousands of Brazilian Jews interested in immigrating to Israel attended an online fair this week, organized by the Jewish Agency for Israel.
Since March, 140 Brazilian Jews have arrived in Israel.
This week’s online aliyah fair for Brazilian...
‘Brazil will move its embassy to Jerusalem in 2020’
Senior Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro said on Sunday that Brazil was committed to moving its embassy to Jerusalem in 2020.
Speaking at the opening event in Jerusalem for a Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency...
Report: Brazil to open trade mission in Jerusalem
Brazil plans to open a trade mission in Jerusalem later this month, with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, scheduled to attend the Dec. 15 ceremony, according to Israeli officials.
Honduras is scheduled to...
In Israel, Netanyahu meets with Bolsonaro, who stops short of embassy promise
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday as the two began “a new era of partnership and cooperation in all areas,” said the former at his office in Jerusalem.
At...
Bolsonaro sets dates for first presidential visit to Israel
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to visit Israel from March 31 to April 4, announced Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday.
This visit would be his first since being sworn into office last month.
The trip...
Israeli emergency rescue team arrives in Brazil in wake of dam collapse
A search-and-rescue team of 130 Israeli conscripted and reserve soldiers landed on a specially chartered emergency El Al flight in South Western Brazil late Sunday to join local rescue crews in the search for...
Netanyahu heralds ‘new era in relations between Israel and Brazil’
Anyone who wants additional proof that Israel is a rising world power should see the great admiration for Israel in Brazil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
Netanyahu arrived in Brazil last week...
Son of Brazil’s president-elect confirms his father will move Israel embassy to Jerusalem
The son of Brazil’s newly elected president confirmed to Jared Kushner – a special adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump as well as his son-in-law – that his father would move Brazil’s embassy to...
Will Brazil’s president-elect deliver campaign promises on Israel?
Dubbed the “tropical Trump,” Jair Bolsonaro’s victory on Sunday appears to have imbued much of Brazil’s population with renewed hope for a better economy and less corruption. The win by the right-wing, anti-establishment figure may also...