Overview

• Brazilian outlet Gazeta do Povo reported that the government will not approve Gali Dagan as ambassador, a move a presidential adviser signaled during a Senate hearing last week.
• The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Brazil did not respond to its agrément request, Israel withdrew the nomination, and relations are now handled at a lower diplomatic level.
• Gali Dagan previously served as Israel’s ambassador to Colombia, and Israel’s outgoing envoy to Brazil completed his term last week.
• Israel declared President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva persona non grata after he likened Israel’s actions in Gaza to those of the Nazis and called them genocide.
• Brazil earlier recalled its ambassador to Israel and, in late July, announced its withdrawal from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, drawing criticism from Jewish groups.