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| Brazil opens trade office in Jerusalem |
| 2019-12-16 |
| [IsraelTimes] The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, known as Apex-Brasil, which operates under the auspices of the country’s foreign ministry, officially opens a trade office in Jerusalem’s Har Hotzvim tech park. Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, is in attendance at the opening. He tells the crowd his father will eventually relocate the country’s embassy to the capital, describing it as a "normal" step. The trade office does not hold diplomatic status, an official told The Times of Israel earlier this month. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 You’re right that most of the countries moving into Jerusalem are not big players I appreciate the posts, tw. The important bit, IMAO, is that they feel safe doing it now. Moar Fracking! Less Sillyness! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-12-16 17:52 |
| #3 Need more Fracking! Break the Arab Oil Embargo Threat and a lot of this silliness goes away. |
| Posted by: magpie 2019-12-16 14:22 |
| #2 I’ve been posting them to document how the atmosphere has changed since President Trump formally moved the American embassy to Jerusalem, SteveS. You’re right that most of the countries moving into Jerusalem are not big players — we’ll see what Britain does now that JoBo won his election, but I have no expectations despite his anti-BDS announcement — and no doubt some portion of those moving expect some sort of reward from our president, and from Israel, for openly following his lead on this. But the reported beneficiaries of Israeli jihad intelligence, like France, Germany, and Denmark, generally seem perfectly content to keep quiet the fact that they owe the juices a debt of gratitude, just as they keep quiet the fact that their industries have been picking up Israeli tech firms. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-16 14:03 |
| #1 We have seen a number of stories lately about minor countries (no offense!) recognizing Israel or moving their embassy to Jerusalem, along with a number of stories on jihadi plots that were thwarted thanks to shared Israeli intel. Makes me wonder if there is some connection or whether said govts are simply acting like grown-ups for a change. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-12-16 09:15 |