Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who has displayed close relations to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. president Donald Trump, tweeted (11/1) that he would move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem once he is sworn into office in January 2019. After a meeting between President-elect Bolsonaro and Prime Minister Netanyahu in December, Prime Minister Netanyahu said that President-elect Bolsonaro had conveyed to him that it was not a matter of if, but when, that Brazil would move its embassy. The Australian prime minister announced that Australia had recognized West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital but had decided not to move the country’s embassy (see Australia). Paraguay announced that it was reversing its decision and moving its embassy back to Tel Aviv (see Paraguay).
Quarterly Updates for (16 Aug 2018 — 31 Dec 2018)