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Monday 21 Sep 2015 - 12:28 Makkah mean time-8-12-1436
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (Google image)
Brasilia (IINA) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff rejected Israel's naming of a former Settlement Director Dani Dayan, as its ambassador in Brasilia because of the message that could send, news agencies reported.
President Rousseff informed Israel of her discomfort with Dayan's appointment because he had lived in a settlement in occupied Palestinian territory and had been the head of a movement that the international community rejects, Yediot Aharonot newspaper reported Sunday.
The message, transmitted via diplomatic channels, puts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into an uncomfortable position since Dayan's appointment was approved by his government on September 6.
After learning of the decision to appoint Dayan last month, Brazilian social movements questioned the move, accusing the businessman of Argentine origin of violating international law in the Palestinian communities, and they asked that Rousseff not accept his diplomatic credentials.
Born in Buenos Aires 59 years ago and holding a degree in finance, Dayan was the president of the Yesha Council of Jewish Settlements in the West Bank between 2007 and 2013, and he was involved in public Israeli diplomacy both inside and outside that country, it was reported after his appointment was made public by the Israeli prime minister's office.
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