Lula compares Israel to Hitler, an idol of Lula's during the Vila Euclides years (along with Khomeini and Mao)
Hamas loved the comments made by Brazilian President "for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust". "To compare Israel to the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler is to cross a red line", Netanyahu stated
“The words of the president of Brazil are shameful and serious. They are trivializing the Holocaust and attempting to harm the Jewish people and Israel's right to defend itself.
To compare Israel to the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler is to cross a red line. Israel fights for its own defense and to secure its future until complete victory, and it does so while complying with international law.
I decided with Foreign Minister Israel Katz to summon the Brazilian ambassador to Israel immediately for a stern rebuke interview."
These were the words of Benjamin Netanyahu in response to statements by Brazil's President Lula, who said in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia: "We have to stop being small. We have to be big. What is happening in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian people does not exist at any other historical moment. It existed just when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”
Hamas immediately published a statement saying it “appreciated the comments made by Brazilian President Lula De Silva for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust." 👇