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Monday, October 5, 2026
Netanyahu wishes Flavio Bolsonaro ‘great victory’ in final election round
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers his “congratulations” on X to Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro for his performance in yesterday’s first round of the presidential election and wishes him “good luck” in the second round.
“I look forward to restoring the extraordinary friendship between Israel and Brazil,” he says.
Relations have soured under the left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has accused Israel of carrying out a “genocide” in Gaza, a charge Jerusalem firmly denies.
“Best wishes for your great victory, my friend,” Netanyahu tells Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who had warm relations with Netanyahu.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Congratulations @FlavioBolsonaro on yesterday’s vote and good luck in the final.I look forward to restoring the extraordinary friendship between Israel and Brazil.
Best wishes for your great victory, my friend.
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) October 5, 2026
Flavio Bolsonaro received 47 percent of votes compared with Lula’s 45%.
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