Lula Likens Israeli Campaign In Gaza To Nazi Holocaust

Israel said it is summoning the Brazilian ambassador to the country over what it says were “shameful and serious” remarks by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva about the Israeli rampage in Gaza, saying it is “genocide,” Chris Liakos and Duarte Mendonca reported for CNN.

Speaking earlier Sunday in Addis Ababa at the African Union summit, Lula said “What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in history. Indeed, it occurred when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.” I Photo: Lula Facebook

Speaking earlier Sunday in Addis Ababa at the African Union summit, Lula said "What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in history. Indeed, it occurred when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”

Miffed by the remark, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on X that Lula was “trivializing” the Holocaust and “trying to harm the Jewish people and Israel’s right to defend itself,” saying that “comparing Israel to the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler is crossing a red line.”

“Israel fights for its defense and securing its future until complete victory and it does so while upholding international law.”

Israel's claim of self-defense is questionable since the Gaza Strip is now occupied territory.

Meanwhile, the West Bank is still under Israeli military-occupied territory after being snatched from Palestinians in 1967. Israel has said its goal is to completely eliminate Hamas after they attacked Israel on October 7.

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