page_title: Brazil–Israel relations
section_title: Recent state visits
hierarchical_section_title: Brazil–Israel relations / Recent state visits
caption_attribution_description: English: Jair Bolsonaro visit to Israel, visit to the Western Wall, April 1 ,2019 עברית: ביקור ז'איר בולסונארו בישראל, ביקור בכותל המערבי, 1 באפריל, 2019 Português: (Jerusalém - Israel, 01/04/2019) Presidente da República, Jair Bolsonaro, durante visita ao Muro das Lamentações.Fotos: Alan Santos/PR
context_page_description: Brazil–Israel relations refers to the bilateral relations between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the State of Israel. Brazil has an embassy in Tel Aviv and an honorary consulate in Haifa. Israel has an embassy in Brasília and a consulate-general in São Paulo. Israel's current ambassador to Brazil is Yossi Shelley and the Brazilian ambassador to the Jewish state is Paulo César Meira de Vasconcellos.
  Brazil and Israel maintains close political and military ties. The two nations enjoy a degree of arms cooperation.
  Brazil is a full member state of Israel Allies Caucus, a political advocacy organization that mobilizes pro-Israel parliamentarians in governments worldwide.
  Brazil has the 9th largest Jewish community in the world and the 2nd largest in Latin America, about 107,329 by 2010, according to the IBGE census. The Jewish Confederation of Brazil estimates that there are more than 120,000 Jews in Brazil. Around 25,000 Brazilians live in Israel, most of them being Brazilian Jews.
context_section_description: Netanyahu's official visit to Brazil
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Brazil between December 2018 and January 2019 marked the first official visit by an Israeli Prime Minister. The prime minister landed in Brazil on December 28, 2018, in Rio de Janeiro, for a five-day visit. He and Israeli first lady Sara Netanyahu were received by the Israeli ambassador to Brazil, Yossi Shelley, by federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, and by the city's mayor, Marcelo Crivella.
  
  Netanyahu's first appointment was at the Copacabana Fort, where he met with President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, in addition to the future ministers of Economy, Paulo Guedes, Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araújo and Defense, Fernando Azevedo e Silva. Prime Minister Netanyahu invited President-elect Bolsonaro to visit Israel. They agreed to strengthen agricultural cooperation in sectors such as the economy, security, water management, agriculture and technology. 
  After the meeting, President-elect Bolsonaro offered Prime Minister Netanyahu the highest and most important national prize in Brazil, awarded to prominent and influential people. It was previously awarded to former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Queen Elizabeth II. On December 30, he and his wife participated in an event with leaders of the Brazilian Jewish community and a meeting with Brazilian Christian friends from Israel. During the event, the Post Office of the Brazilian State of Amazonas launched a stamp prepared by Israeli Christian friends in Manaus in honor of Israel's 70 years of independence. In Brasilia, on January 1, 2019, Netanyahu participated in the inauguration ceremony of Jair Bolsonaro as president of Brazil, in a historic landmark of relations between the two countries.
  President Jair Bolsonaro visits the State of Israel
  At the invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Jair Bolsonaro's first official visit was to Israel. The trip took place on March 31, 2019, and it was the first time that a representative from Brazil honored the country with an official trip early in his term. In a speech next to PM Netanyahu, Bolsonaro emphasized the importance of the former head of the United Nations, Osvaldo Aranha, for the creation of the State of Israel in 1948.
  The visit resulted in agreements in the fields of science and technology; defense; public security; civil Aviation; cybersecurity; and health. Brazil recalled that Jerusalem has been an inseparable part of the identity of the Jewish people for more than three millennia and has become the political heart of the modern and thriving State of Israel.
  In this spirit, and 72 years after participating in the first chapter of the recreation of the State of Israel, Brazil has decided to establish an office in Jerusalem for the promotion of trade, investment, technology and innovation, to be coordinated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil)
  Bolsonaro also visited one of the local symbols of Judaism, the Western Wall, in a historical event..
caption: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Western Wall, 1 April 2019
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