Israeli International Minister Israel Katz stated Tuesday that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stay persona non-grata within the nation till he apologizes for his remark final Sunday evaluating the battle in Gaza towards Hamas to Nazi regime throughout World Warfare II. officers insisted Lula is not going to retract his feedback.
“Thousands and thousands of Jews around the globe are ready on your apology. How dare you evaluate Israel to Hitler?” Katz posted on X in Hebrew and Portuguese. “Your comparability is promiscuous and delusional. Disgrace on Brazil and a spit within the face of Brazilian Jews,” Katz wrote, urging Lula to apologize. “Till then you’ll stay persona non grata in Israel!” he warned.
Katz’s submit got here in response to a remark made by Lula throughout his speech on the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lula denounced the actions of the Israeli military in Gaza and certified them as genocide. He said: ‘It’s not a battle of troopers towards troopers. It’s a battle between a well-prepared military and ladies and youngsters.” The Brazilian president added: “What is occurring within the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian individuals has by no means occurred at some other time in historical past. Really, it occurred: when Hitler determined to kill the Jews.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu additionally criticized Lula for his feedback Sunday evening, posting on X: “The phrases of the President of Brazil are shameful and severe.”
