Israel says Brazil's Lula 'crossed a red line' with 'antisemitic' Hitler analogy
Lula: 'What's happening in Gaza with Palestinians hasn't happened at any other moment in history. Actually it has: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews'
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday accused Israel of perpetrating a "genocide" against Palestinian civilians in Gaza, likening the Jewish state's war against Hamas to the Nazi Holocaust.
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"What's happening in the Gaza Strip isn't a war, it's a genocide," the far-left leader told reporters in Addis Ababa where he was attending an African Union summit. "It's not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It's a war between a highly prepared army and women and children."
"What's happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people hasn't happened at any other moment in history. Actually, it has happened: when Hitler decided to kill the Jews."
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz slammed the "shameful and egregious" statement, saying he summoned the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Lula's "shameful" statement crossed a red line in comparing Israel to the Nazi Holocaust and Hitler.
The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial said Lula's language was "clearly antisemitic."