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Associated Press

President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that he plans to move Brazil’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, joining the United States and Guatemala.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly welcomed the plan.
In a tweet Thursday, Bolsonaro said: “As previously stated during our campaign, we intend to transfer the Brazilian Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that.”
It was the first time since being elected Sunday that Bolsonaro referred to his plan to move the embassy.

In Israel, Netanyahu issued a statement praising Bolsonaro. “I congratulate my friend Brazilian President-Elect, Jair Bolsonaro, for his intention to move the Brazilian Embassy to Jerusalem, a historic, correct and exciting step!”
Netanyahu spoke to Bolsonaro earlier this week, congratulating him on his victory and inviting him to visit Israel.
If Bolsonaro follows through on his pledge, Brazil would become the third country to have an embassy in Jerusalem, after the US and Guatemala. Paraguay briefly moved its embassy to Jerusalem as well, only to move it back to Tel Aviv after its new president, Mario Abdo Benitez, was elected.
The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem, which was captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war, as the capital of a future state. Israel claims all of the city, including the eastern sector, home to Jerusalem’s most important religious sites, as its eternal capital.
Most countries maintain embassies in Tel Aviv, saying the final status of Jerusalem must be determined through negotiations.
Some Brazilians have raised concerns about the idea, saying it would hurt Brazil’s relations with Muslim nations.
Former Brazilian Ambassador to the US Rubens Barbosa has warned that such a move could hurt Brazil’s poultry exports. He says that Brazil “would be throwing away US$6 billion per year in poultry sales to Arab countries.”


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Jair Bolsonaro says he will move Brazil’s Israeli embassy to Jerusalem. Photo: Bloomberg

A picture taken on October 28, 2018, shows the Israeli and Brazilian flags hanging outside the building housing the offices of the Brazilian Embassy, in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. - Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro declared that he will move the embassy to Jerusalem if he is elected. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

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FILE PHOTO: Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands as they deliver statements to the media during their meeting in Jerusalem November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool/File Photo

epa06403224 Israeli border policemen arrest a Palestinian protester during clashes in the West Bank city of Ramallah, 22 December 2017. Clashes erupted as ongoing protests were held against US President Trump's 06 December announcement he is recognizing Jerusalem as the Israel capital and will relocate the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. EPA-EFE/SHADI HATEM

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People look out from a window at masked Hamas gunmen during a rally against the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. A number of U.S. allies in the Middle East are condemning the Trump administration's decision, with the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia urging Washington to reconsider and reverse the announcement. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

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The plan would make Brazil the third country behind the US and Guatemala to make the controversial move


Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro will follow Trump’s lead and move Israel embassy to Jerusalem

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The plan would make Brazil the third country behind the US and Guatemala to make the controversial move

The plan would make Brazil the third country behind the US and Guatemala to make the controversial move