Alwaght- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff still rejects the nomination of Israeli regime's ambassador over his links with the settler movement in the occupied West Bank
Dayan, 59, the former head of the Yesha Council, which represents the zionists settlements in the West Bank, was approved by the administration of Benjamin Netanyahu on 6 September.
Brasilia's decision to reject Dani Dayan four months after his appointment has angered Tel Aviv and prompted it to announce on Sunday that it would press on the left-leaning government in the South American country to accept Israeli envoy.
“The foreign ministry will use all the tools at its disposal to have Dani Dayan's appointment go through,” said Deputy Minister of Tel Aviv Regime's Foreign Affairs Tzipi Hotovely, adding, Tel Aviv “will leave the level of diplomatic relations with Brazil at the secondary level if the appointment of Dani Dayan is not confirmed.” She also said that Dayan would remain the regime's sole nominee.
But more than 40 Brazilian social movements, including some of Rousseff’s supporters, have signed a petition calling on the government to reject Dayan’s appointment over his “acts in clear violation of international laws and the basic rights of the Palestinian people”.
Brasilia-Tel Aviv relations worsened after Brazil recognized Palestine on December 6, 2010 as a sovereign state within the 1967 borders.
The Latin American country also recalled its ambassador to occupied Palestine on July 23, 2014, about two weeks after the kid-killer regime attacked besieged Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of over 2,100 people by August 26 of the same year.
On July 24, 2014, Brasilia strongly condemned “the disproportionate use of force by Israel in the Gaza Strip, from which large numbers of civilian casualties, including women and children resulted.”
Israel is facing increasing criticism over its settlement constructions in the Palestinian territories, which are illegal under international law.
