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'Pro-Israel' Meets neo-Nazi: Brazil's Bolsonaro Unveils His New Best Friends on the German Far Right

The Brazilian president's proximity to neo-Nazi groups is nothing new. But Jair Bolsonaro's brazen welcome for the German AfD party last month still sent shockwaves through the Jewish community, media and civil society. How does he hug the antisemitic far right while waving an Israeli flag?

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There was a rude shock last month for those who still believed that Jair Bolsonaro and his followers had a genuine appreciation for the Jewish people and their fate, in Brazil or elsewhere.

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