With Brazil’s Bolsonaro, ''Israel'' finds another natural partner on the far-right
NOVANEWS
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election last week has won Israel a passionate new friend on the international stage. The world’s fifth most populous nation will now be “coloured in blue and white”, an Israeli official said, referring to the colours of Israel’s flag.
The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, immediately called to congratulate Bolsonaro, a former army officer with a pronounced nostalgia for his country’s 20-year military dictatorship. Critics describe him as a neo-fascist.
According to Israeli media reports, it is “highly probable” that Netanyahu will attend Bolsonaro’s inauguration on 1 January.
The Brazilian president-elect has already promised that his country will be the third to relocate its embassy t...