“What the state of Israel is doing is not war, it is genocide, because it is killing women and children,” Lula said during an event in Rio de Janeiro
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday again accused Israel of “genocide” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, days after he sparked a diplomatic firestorm by comparing Israeli military operations against Hamas to the Holocaust.
“What the state of Israel is doing is not war, it is genocide, because it is killing women and children,” Lula said during an event in Rio de Janeiro.
On Monday, the Netanyahu government said the Brazilian president is “persona non grata” in Israel until he retracts his “anti-Semitic” stance.
However, the Brazilian president not only did not retract, but restated his controversial position, repeatedly using the term “genocide.” “It’s genocide! There are thousands of children who have died or are missing. It is not soldiers who are dying, but women and children in hospitals. If this is not genocide, I don’t know what is,” the Brazilian president emphasized.
Source :Skai
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