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The Mossad and Brazilian authorities arrested some Hezbollah operatives who were planning to go after Jewish targets.
Source: Times of Israel
SAO PAULO, Brazil — The Brazilian Federal Police, working in cooperation with Israeli intelligence agencies, says it has disrupted a suspected domestic terror plot against Israeli and Jewish targets believed to be in its initial stages.
Federal investigators said Tuesday that they had uncovered a scheme allegedly involving the recruitment of Brazilian citizens by the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, to orchestrate attacks against members of the 120,000-strong Brazilian Jewish community.
The intended targets reportedly included synagogues.
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Brazil is a special case in Latin America. About 31% of the population is Evangelical, with a strong sense of support for Israel. Brazil also has roughly 15 million Arabs, but they tend to be of Christian descent, often Lebanese, who bear little or no animus towards Israel.
Simultaneously, Brazil has a low percentage of Jews in the population. So, Brazil would be inclined to help Israel.