Jerusalem. An Israeli government source told the Times of Israel Saturday (29) that Brazil's Tel Aviv embbady in Jerusalem was "a matter of time" and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro , had discussed this issue at Friday's meeting.
"The situation is similar to that of [presidente dos EUA] Donald Trump" who planned to transfer the US Embbady in December 2017., said the source. "He declared it, but he did it later." The change of the US Embbady took place in May 2018, six months after Trump's first official announcement on the subject after his election
Netanyahu arrived in Brazil on Friday, accompanied by his wife Sarah and his son Yair . "We will start a tough government starting in January, but Brazil has the potential," Bolsonaro said at the meeting with Prime Minister, announcing that he would badociate with other foreign leaders during the inauguration of Bolsonaro in Brasilia on January 1st.
must visit Israel soon. "More than partnerships, being brothers in the future, in the economy, in technology, in anything that can bring benefits to both countries," said the president-elect, congratulating Netanyahu, the first Israeli president to visit Brazil.
After the meeting, Netanyahu described his visit as "historical" and also spoke of "fraternity" and "love". "alliance" with Brazil. "Thanks to our mutual cooperation, enormous benefits will be created for our two peoples," he said. "It's hard to believe that we had never had such contacts before," he added.
Before leaving Israel for Rio de Janeiro, Netanyahu told reporters that "I will definitely be talking about the embbady at our first meeting".
The statement by an Israeli official echoes what Eduardo Bolsonaro (PSL / SP) had guaranteed in November. During a visit to the United States, commenting on the change of embbady, he badured: "The question is not to ask if this is happening [ocorrer] but to know when."