How Israel Can Best Benefit from Its Newfound Friendship with Brazil
Combat Hizballah, and don’t repeat the mistake made with Paraguay.
January 21, 2019
How Israel Can Best Benefit from Its Newfound Friendship with Brazil
Combat Hizballah, and don’t repeat the mistake made with Paraguay.
Earlier this month, Benjamin Netanyahu was in Brazil—the first Israeli prime minister to visit the country—for the inauguration of its controversial new president Jair Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro has made clear his eagerness to break with his predecessors’ hostility toward the Jewish state, and Netanyahu has responded positively. To Emanuele Ottolenghi, the improved relations offer an opportunity for joint cooperation against Hizballah, which gets much of its revenue through cooperation with Brazilian drug cartels. In this cooperative effort, Ottolenghi cautions against repeating mistakes made in an earlier outreach to Paraguay:
Subscribe to Continue Reading
Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. Subscribe to Tikvah Ideas All Access for $12/month
Login or SubscribeJanuary 21, 2019
An Exhibit at a Mosque about Muslims Who Rescued Jews? British Islamists Won’t Let It Happen
And most Britons won’t ask the tough questions.
Israel, Affirmative Action, and the Vulnerability of American Jews—a View from 1975
One of the late sociologist’s many incisive essays.
Despite Efforts by Jewish Leaders, Anti-Zionism Hijacked the LA Women’s March
An open letter from an LA rabbi.
A New Film Tells the Story of a Jewish Revival in Portugal
A Marrano Dreyfus.