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Israeli ambassador Yossi Shelley (R) and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro eat lunch in Brasilia on July 7, 2019. (Israeli embassy in Brazil)
July 9, 2019, 11:54 am
Israel’s Brazil envoy says he ate salmon with Bolsonaro, not lobster
Ridiculed for clumsily trying to censor non-kosher crustacean from picture, Yossi Shelley says he didn’t eat it but also didn’t remove it, so as to not offend hosts
By TOI staff
Israeli ambassador Yossi Shelley (R) and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro eat lunch in Brasilia on July 7, 2019. (Israeli embassy in Brazil)
July 8, 2019, 11:19 am
Israeli envoy to Brazil tries to ‘censor’ lobster lunch, is ridiculed
Black patches covering plates of Yossi Shelley and President Bolsonaro do little to hide nonkosher crustacean, much to Twitter’s amusement
By TOI staff
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (R) receives a plaque marking Israel's 71st birthday at an event in the Israeli Embassy in Brasilia on May 22, 2019 (Courtesy of Israeli embassy in Brasilia)
May 24, 2019, 9:01 am
In first, Brazil’s president celebrates Israeli Independence Day
Amid flourishing ties between Jerusalem and Brasilia, Jair Bolsonaro joins country’s supreme court president and senate president at Israeli embassy event
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) awards the National Order of the Southern Cross, the country’s highest national honor for high-ranking guests, to Israel's ambassador in Brasilia Yossi Shelley on May 7, 2019 (Screencapture/YouTube)
May 8, 2019, 6:30 pm
Brazil honors Israeli ambassador with highest award for foreigners
Yossi Shelley given the National Order of the Southern Cross for work to improve ties between the two nations
By Raphael Ahren
Davi Alcolumbre is the first Jewish president of Brazil's Senate. (Facebook via JTA)
February 3, 2019, 5:29 pm
In first, Jewish lawmaker elected president of Brazilian Senate
Thanks to support of Jair Bolsonaro’s son, Davi Alcolumbre beats out incumbent, who was seeking fifth term; Amapa native known for fighting anti-Semitism
By Marcus M. Gilban
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) are pictured upon arrival at a synagogue in the Copacabana neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 28, 2018. (Leo CORREA / POOL / AFP)
January 2, 2019, 2:05 pm
As Netanyahu returns from Brazil, local Jews feel sidelined
Leader of country’s Jewish confederation was ignored at event for the community; veteran Zionist activist says PM’s speech was ‘arrogant’ and could inspire anti-Semitism
By Raphael Ahren
The UN votes on partition, November 29, 1947 (Courtesy of the Government Press Office, Jerusalem)
November 30, 2017, 6:49 pm
Brazilian diplomat who presided over 1947 UN vote for partition plan remembered
Ceremonies in Rio De Janeiro and southern Brazil mark memory of Oswaldo Aranha, who supported and lobbied on behalf of resolution enabling creation of Jewish state
By JTA
Israeli Ambassador to Brazil Yossi Shelley (Twitter)
May 10, 2017, 11:23 pm
There are no settlements, Israel’s new envoy to Brazil says
Yossi Shelley was appointed ambassador after Brasilia rejected ex-settler leader Dani Dayan for the role
By JTA
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