Mansour Al-Maswari
AlbawabaMon, 19 Feb 2024 05:31 UTC
© ShutterstockThis move comes just a day after the Israeli government summoned the Brazilian envoy to condemn the President's remarks, likening the situation in Gaza to a war crime and genocide, akin to the Holocaust.
Brazil has expelled the Israeli ambassador and withdrawn its ambassador from Israel, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
This move comes just a day after the Israeli government summoned the Brazilian envoy to condemn the President's remarks, likening the situation in Gaza to a war crime and genocide, akin to the Holocaust.
The Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's comments highlighted the disparity in power between the Israeli occupation armed with advanced weaponry and the vulnerable Palestinian civilians, drawing parallels to the atrocities of the Holocaust.
Comment: What Lula actually said
bears repeating:
"What's happening in the Gaza Strip isn't a war, it's a genocide," Lula told reporters in Addis Ababa where he was attending an African Union summit.
"It's not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It's a war between a highly prepared army and women and children," added the veteran leftist.
"What's happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people hasn't happened at any other moment in history. Actually, it has happened: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews."
And it's not just Lula, an increasing number of leaders from around the world are calling out the 'international community's' genocide for what it is:
Comment: What Lula actually said bears repeating: And it's not just Lula, an increasing number of leaders from around the world are calling out the 'international community's' genocide for what it is: