Rio de Janeiro - Brazil will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, with only the date of the transfer to be decided, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said yesterday during a visit to Rio de Janeiro. "It's not a question of 'if' but of 'when'," Netanyahu told members of Rio's Jewish community, according to Brazil's UOL news website. The issue of the embassy has been hovering over Netanyahu's visit to Brazil, the first-ever by an Israeli prime minister. Trump broke with that consensus a year ago, and in May this year the US embassy was established in Jerusalem. UOL reported that Bolsonaro told Netanyahu in their Friday talks that he would follow suit.

Source: Philippine Star December 30, 2018 16:30 UTC