Bolsonaro and Nazism | He said that Hitler was left …

Jair Bolsonaro, on an official visit to Israel since Sunday, yesterday visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, where he led a ceremony during which he lit a torch and delivered a bouquet of flowers into the crypt from the memory to the memory of the six million Jews exterminated by Nazism.

On leaving the museum, the Brazilian leader concluded that "there is no doubt that Nazism was a left-wing movement, a statement that is not shared by the Israeli museum's research center." The Brazilian press recalled that the Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem clearly explains on its website that Nazism was part of the rise of radical right-wing groups "in Germany. Shortly after, Bolsonaro gave a group interview to several media outlets. When asked if he was in agreement with his Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araújo, who recently repeated on his blog that "fascism and Nazism are left-wing phenomena", he replied : "No there are doubts Socialist Party.What else if not?" "It was the National Socialist German Party," concluded the Brazilian president, who won the 2018 elections by comparing the communism with Nazism and promising to ban all social movements and political forces that identify with ideas. Communists

A few hours earlier, Bolsonaro had participated with the Israeli Prime Minister in the Brazil-Israel trade mission forum in Jerusalem and both had visited the Israeli exhibition on innovation. On this trip, the Brazilian president deepened his alliance with Netanyahu by announcing the forthcoming opening of an office with diplomatic status for the representation of business, technology, research, and technology. innovation in Jerusalem. Upon taking office and at a meeting with Netanyahu in Brazil, Bolsonaro had promised to move the Tel Aviv embbady to Jerusalem, an announcement that sparked criticism in his government, including the Nationalist army branch led by Vice President Hamilton Mourão. Today, Bolsonaro will visit Brazilians living in Israel and close his four – day trip.