Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel, and Israel says Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not welcome in the country in a diplomatic rift after Lula compared Israel’s military campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust.
During World War II, the Nazis systematically killed six million Jewish people. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described Lula’s comments as “disgraceful and grave”.
On Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz announced that Lula is not welcome in the Middle Eastern country until he takes back his comments.
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