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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - After Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pic) on Sunday compared Israel’s war on Gaza to Hitler’s treatment of Jews, Israel said on Monday that Lula is not welcome in the Middle Eastern country until he takes back the comments. — Reuters pic
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 21 — The diplomatic spat between Brazil and Israel entered a third day yesterday, with Brazil’s foreign minister calling Israel’s response to comments made by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the Gaza Strip “unacceptable” and “untruthful.”
After Lula on Sunday compared Israel’s war on Gaza to Hitler’s treatment of Jews, Israel said on Monday that Lula is not welcome in the Middle Eastern country until he takes back the comments.
Yesterday, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira hit back at Israel. “For a foreign ministry to address a head of state from a friendly country in this way is unusual and revolting,” Vieira told Reuters and another news agency at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
“It is a shameful page in the history of Israel’s diplomacy,” Vieira said, adding that Israel tries to create a smokescreen to cover up what is happening in Gaza.
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The Israeli government did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Vieira’s remarks outside of business hours.
Brazil said it does not intend to retract Lula’s comments.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Monday that Israel “will not forget nor forgive,” calling Lula’s comments “a serious antisemitic attack” and saying that the Brazilian president is “persona non grata in Israel until he takes it back.” — Reuters
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