Reuters announced that Brazilian President Lula da Silva withdrew his country's ambassador from Israel.
These developments come after da Silva accused - yesterday, Sunday - Israel of committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, likening what it is doing there to the “Holocaust” during World War II.
Later, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced that it had summoned the Brazilian ambassador to “reprimand” him.
In this context, the Hebrew Channel 13 said, “Brazil expelled the (Israeli) ambassador today, Monday, and withdrew its ambassador from (Israel), in protest against (the war on Gaza).”
Yesterday, Sunday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva accused the Israel of committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip, likening what it was doing there to the “Holocaust” during World War II.
The Brazilian president told reporters in Addis Ababa, where he attended an African Union summit, that “what is happening in the Gaza Strip is not a war, it is genocide.”
He added, “It is not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It is a war between a highly prepared army and women and children.”
He stressed that this “did not happen at any other stage in history,” before adding, “In fact, it had already happened when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”
Since October 7, the Israeli army has continued its aggression against the Gaza Strip, with American and European support, as its aircraft bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers, and Palestinian civilian homes, destroying them above the heads of their residents, and preventing the entry of water, food, medicine, and fuel.
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Brazil withdraws its ambassador from Tel Aviv and expels the Israeli ambassador