Addis Ababa, African Union summit / Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva accused Israel Sunday of committing “genocide” against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip
“What’s happening in the Gaza Strip isn’t a war, it’s a genocide,”
“It’s not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It’s a war between a highly prepared army and women and children,”.
Lula condemned Hamas’s 7 October attack on #Israel as a “terrorist” act but he has since grown vocally critical of Israel’s retaliatory military campaign.
#Netanyahu: "The comparison between Israel and the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler crosses a red line […] It trivializes the #Holocaust and attempts to hurt the Jewish people and Israel's right to defend itself."
#Netanyahu himself was accused of holocaust denialism when he suggested in the past the Palestinian National leader, Amin al-Husseini influenced the Germans toward the Final Solution.
He’s also responsible for this buffoon (attached photo) seen at the Security Council meeting on the Israel-Hamas war at U.N. headquarters on October 30, 2023 in New York City.
Yad Vashem chair Dani Dayan criticized his display, saying it “disgraces both Holocaust victims and the state of Israel” because Israel, unlike the Jews of the Holocaust, has the capacity to defend itself.
[cont'd] Colombia's Gustavo Petro backs Lula da Silva on his statements about the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza
Expressing his full solidarity, Gustavo Petro stressed that Lula da Silva is only telling the truth, stating that "this must be defended or barbarism will annihilate us."
I express my full solidarity with President Lula of Brazil. In Gaza there is genocide and thousands of civilian children, women and the elderly are being cowardly murdered. Lula has only told the truth and the truth must be defended or barbarism will annihilate us.
The entire region must unite so that... — Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) February 20, 2024