Arab League warns Brazil on pro-Israel moves

The Arab League has condemned Brazil’s opening of a trade office in Jerusalem and warned against carrying out Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s pledge to move its embassy there.

The Arab League, after an emergency meeting called for by the Palestinians, says it sees Brazil’s “unilateral and illegitimate decision [to open the trade office] as biased towards the Israeli occupation and in support of its illegal policies.”

The regional bloc also warns in a statement that Brazil’s policy shifts “would seriously damage Arab-Brazilian relations and interests.”

The Latin American country opened its trade mission in Jerusalem Sunday, in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo, who confirmed his father was determined to carry make good on his promise to move the embassy.

— AFP