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Lula Is Right About Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

By
Seraj Assi

Brazilian president Lula forcefully condemned Israel’s brutal war on Gaza on Sunday before expelling Israel’s ambassador to Brazil on Monday. These actions are part of his decades-long commitment to standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

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Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (C) attends the Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 17, 2024. (Michele Spatari / AFP via Getty Images)

On Sunday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a scathing condemnation of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Speaking at an African Union summit in Ethiopia, Lula accused Israel of committing a genocide that compares only to the Holocaust.

“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.”

Taking aim at Israel’s brutal assaults on civilians in Gaza, Lula added: “It’s not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It’s a war between a highly prepared army, and women and children.”

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