Bolsonaro will ask the STF for authorization to go to Israel

In contact with People’s Gazettelawyer Fábio Wajngarten, from the defense team of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), confirmed that he must file a request with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for the court to authorize his visit to Israel, after having revealed earlier that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sent him a letter expressing his desire for him to come to the country.

Bolsonaro, who has his passport withheld, revealed Netanyahu’s invitation through a video published this Saturday (9) on his social networks.

“I recently received a letter from the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who also happens to be an Army captain, inviting me to visit his country so that I can go to that region of conflict. Or rather, the massacre, the cowardice, the region of terrorism carried out by Hamas against Israel”, said the former president, who was speaking at an event in Salvador, Bahia.

The invitation to Bolsonaro comes amid the ongoing diplomatic crisis between the current Brazilian government and Israel. This crisis began after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) compared the deaths of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to the Nazi Holocaust.

Unlike Lula, who was considered by Israeli diplomacy as “persona non grata”, Bolsonaro showed himself aligned with Israel’s position, always condemning Hamas’ attacks.