Benjamin Netanyahu invited Flavio Bolsonaro to Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Flavio Bolsonaro, candidate for the presidency of Brazil, and invited him to Israel in order to “renew the deep ties of friendship” between the two countries, his office announced Friday, October 9. On Monday, Benjamin Netanyahu wished a “great victory” to Flavio Bolsonaro, who came the day before in the first round of the presidential election in Brazil.

Benjamin Netanyahu “spoke yesterday evening with Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and congratulated him on his major success in the first round of the presidential election,” his office said in a statement. “The prime minister invited Bolsonaro to go to Israel and the latter, for his part, invited the prime minister to go to Brazil,” it is added.

“Renew deep bonds of friendship”

“The two men intend to renew the deep ties of friendship between the two countries, as part of the ongoing transformation of Israel's relations with the countries of South America,” the office further notes. Benjamin Netanyahu had developed a close relationship with the former far-right head of state Jair Bolsonaro, father of Flavio, who has been serving a 27-year prison sentence since the end of 2025 for trying to cling to power after his electoral defeat against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022.