GAZA, (PIC)
Brazilian President Lula da Silva has expelled the Israeli ambassador from Brazil and recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv, Reuters revealed on Monday.
This came shortly after Israel summoned Brazil’s ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as ‘disgraceful’.
Lula da Silva has earlier accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and compared its war on Gaza with Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate the Jewish people.
“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 on Sunday.
“It’s not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It’s a war between a highly prepared army and women and children,” added the Brazilian president.
“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.”
