The senator (PL-RJ) is on a trip to Israel, where he follows a similar route to that taken by his father, (PL) before becoming a candidate for President of the Republic. The former president’s firstborn was baptized in the Jordan River and prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
“Once again I follow in my father’s footsteps, just as I hope that one day my daughters will follow mine and my wife’s. To save Brazil, there is no possible path apart from God. May God bless all those who are walking with great sacrifice for the liberation of our Brazil”, he wrote in the caption of the publication.
In recent days, Flávio has made a series of publications on social media about his family’s trip to the location, reinforcing religious messages.
Flávio had already allowed himself to be baptized in Jordão in 2016, when he and his brothers Eduardo and Carlos accompanied their father on a tour of Israel led by Pastor Everaldo — who presided over the PSC, the party to which Bolsonaro was affiliated at the time.
Even after diving into the waters of the Jordan, the former president declares himself Catholic. Baptism helped to pave a conservative platform that appeals to evangelicals, a base that views Zionism with sympathy.
The proximity to Israel comes from theological readings that begin to literally interpret biblical prophecies involving the Apocalypse and the return of Jesus.
Modern facts, such as the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, after the Nazi effort to exterminate the Jewish community, are read from this prophetic lens.
Flávio Bolsonaro’s posts also include a video in which the senator appears talking via video call with federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), in which he supports the event organized by the allied parliamentarian.
Nikolas organized a march from Minas Gerais to Brasília in protest against the sentences of those convicted of the attacks on January 8, 2023. He is expected to arrive in the federal capital on Sunday (25), after traveling 240 km.
Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) made a similar trip to his brother at the end of last year, when he left a note on the Wall asking for his father’s release.
After visiting the former president in prison, Flávio announced that he had been guided by his father to run as a candidate for president of the Republic in this year’s race.
The pre-candidacy of Bolsonaro’s eldest son was decisive for the direction of the right in the 2026 election, whose name was also listed as the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans)
Tarcísio’s scholarship support for Flávio’s candidacy. The governor in his last public statement on Friday (23), promising to “work hard in favor” of a ticket led by Flávio.
“O [ex-]president never pressured me. For nothing. Our relationship has always been that of friends. He never asked me for anything, the only thing was to be a candidate for the State Government of “, he said at an event to hand over houses in Embu das Artes (Grande SP).
