Last night (Thursday), Brazilian Prime Ministery Benjamin Netanyahu left Israel for what will be the first ever official visit of an Israeli Prime Minister to Brazil.

Translation of Tweet: I’m on my way to Brazil, looking forward to meeting my good friend Jair Bolsonaro to open a new era in Israeli-Brazilian relations.

A more complete report of the departure, in Portuguese:

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