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Jewish group sues Brazilian cartoonist over Netanyahu & Bolsonaro ‘Nazi hug’ drawing
A Jewish community group in Brazil is suing an iconic political cartoonist for anti-Semitism, over a drawing depicting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a “swastika embrace.”
The Jewish Federation of Rio de Janeiro filed the suit against the cartoonist Aroeira on January 15. The offending image shows both leaders hugging with their eyes closed while their arms form a swastika.
Brazilian Jews are suing the Brazilian cartoonist who drew this cartoon. I believe, contrary to them, that this is an apt cartoon which correctly notes that Bolsonaro and Netanyahu have embraced white nationalists throughout the world; that they govern on principles of racialism pic.twitter.com/qwRdC5FUM1
— Ahmed Tharwat, احمد ثروت (@ahmediaTV) January 22, 2019
Both leaders have had a cordial relationship since the right-wing Bolsonaro came to power following tense elections in October, with the men declaring themselves a “brotherhood” during Netanyahu’s visit to Brazil for Bolsonaro’s inauguration earlier this month.
Bolsonaro, meanwhile, has pledged to move the Brazilian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and reaffirmed Israel’s right to have the city as its capital.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro hugs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu right after his inauguration at Congress.
