WATCH: What does Lula’s presidency mean for Brazil’s relationship with Israel?

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has supported the Palestinian cause since the days of arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat, seen posing here (l.) with him in Brasilia when he was also then in power, in 1995. (AP/Agencia Estado, Ed Ferreira)

Monday was returning Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s first day in office, having defeated his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro. What does this mean for Israel?

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