2024-03-06 02:44:14
The Government of Israel declared the Brazilian president a persona non grata.
Israel declared the president of Brazil persona non grata, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvaafter the president described the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip in Palestine as a genocide comparable to the Holocaust.
“We will not forgive and we will not forget. In my name and on behalf of the citizens of Israel, I have informed President Lula that he is persona non grata until you apologize and take back your words”declared Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz.
Furthermore, he added that “the comparison that Brazilian President Lula makes between Israel’s just war against Hamas and the actions of Hitler and the Naziswhich exterminated 6 million Jews, is a serious antisemitic attack that desecrates the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust.”
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Lula Da Silva of “trivializing the Holocaust.”
“Comparing Israel to the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler is cross a red line. “Israel fights to defend her and to ensure her future until total victory and does so while respecting international law,” Netanyahu said in a statement.
The controversial sayings of Lula Da Silva
In the midst of the 37th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), in Ethiopia, Lula Da Silva criticized the war that Israel has been in Gaza since October 2023.
“What is happening in the Gaza Strip “It is not a war, it is a genocide.”the president of Brazil told the press, adding that something similar to “a war between a very prepared army and women and children” had not happened before in history, except “when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”