Post by asadul4986 on Feb 20, 2024 1:59:55 GMT -5
The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, expressed himself in very harsh terms against the actions of Israeli forces in Gaza. He defined the situation in the Strip as a war by a professional army against “women and children,” and compared the behavior of the Israeli authorities to that of Hitler in Nazi Germany. In response, Israel accused Lula of trivializing the Holocaust and claimed to be fighting to destroy Hamas and free the hostages that this group has held hostage since last October 7. Brazil's main Jewish organization also criticized Lula's comments. Advertisements What Lula said Lula gave his speech during an African Union summit in Ethiopia. He stated that “what is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in other historical moments.
In fact, it happened when Hitler decided to kill the Jews .” Lula's intervention in Ethiopia EPA Lula's intervention in Ethiopia. “It is not a war of soldiers against soldiers. “It is a war between a highly prepared army and women and children,” she added. On October 7, the veteran leftist politician condemned Hamas after armed militants killed at least 1,200 people and took 253 hostages in a surprise attack on Israel. Since then, however, he has openly criticized the Israeli retaliatory military campaign , which the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Costa Rica Mobile Number List Gaza says has killed more than 28,800 people, most of them women and children. “You have crossed a red line” Lula's latest comments come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with an offensive on Rafah - Gaza's southernmost city from which some 1.5 million people have fled - despite mounting pressure. international to reverse its plans. Netanyahu claimed that Lula's comments amounted to "a trivialization of the Holocaust and an attempt to harm the Jewish people and Israel's right to defend itself ." “The comparison of Israel to the Holocaust of the Nazis and Hitler has crossed a red line ,” he said in a statement. Netanyahu Getty Images Netanyahu strongly protested and considered Lula's speech anti-Semitic.
Six million Jews were murdered by Hitler's Nazi regime during the 1930s and 1940s. Israel summoned the Brazilian ambassador to a meeting on Monday. The Brazilian Israelite Confederation (Conib) described Lula's statements as a “ perverse distortion of reality ” that “offends the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and their descendants.” Pressure for a ceasefire Lula backed the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) late last year. ICJ judges ruled in January that the process would go ahead. The court ordered Israel to prevent its military from committing acts that could be considered genocidal, to prevent and punish incitement to genocide, and to allow humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
In fact, it happened when Hitler decided to kill the Jews .” Lula's intervention in Ethiopia EPA Lula's intervention in Ethiopia. “It is not a war of soldiers against soldiers. “It is a war between a highly prepared army and women and children,” she added. On October 7, the veteran leftist politician condemned Hamas after armed militants killed at least 1,200 people and took 253 hostages in a surprise attack on Israel. Since then, however, he has openly criticized the Israeli retaliatory military campaign , which the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Costa Rica Mobile Number List Gaza says has killed more than 28,800 people, most of them women and children. “You have crossed a red line” Lula's latest comments come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press ahead with an offensive on Rafah - Gaza's southernmost city from which some 1.5 million people have fled - despite mounting pressure. international to reverse its plans. Netanyahu claimed that Lula's comments amounted to "a trivialization of the Holocaust and an attempt to harm the Jewish people and Israel's right to defend itself ." “The comparison of Israel to the Holocaust of the Nazis and Hitler has crossed a red line ,” he said in a statement. Netanyahu Getty Images Netanyahu strongly protested and considered Lula's speech anti-Semitic.
Six million Jews were murdered by Hitler's Nazi regime during the 1930s and 1940s. Israel summoned the Brazilian ambassador to a meeting on Monday. The Brazilian Israelite Confederation (Conib) described Lula's statements as a “ perverse distortion of reality ” that “offends the memory of the victims of the Holocaust and their descendants.” Pressure for a ceasefire Lula backed the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) late last year. ICJ judges ruled in January that the process would go ahead. The court ordered Israel to prevent its military from committing acts that could be considered genocidal, to prevent and punish incitement to genocide, and to allow humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.