Brazil’s Lula compares Gaza war to the Holocaust; Israel accuses him of trivialising Nazi genocide

Kashmir Reader ^ | February 20, 2024

[nickcarraway]

Brazil’s Lula compares Gaza war to the Holocaust; Israel accuses him of trivialising Nazi genocide By Agencies on 3:21 am February 20, 2024No Comment

Brazil’s Lula compares Gaza war to the Holocaust; Israel accuses him of trivialising Nazi genocide

Tel Aviv: Israel on Sunday condemned Brazil’s president for comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, accusing him of being antisemitic and trivialising the Nazi genocide of European Jews during World War II.

The outcry further strained relations between the countries, which have deteriorated since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva returned to office last year. Lula has portrayed himself as a leader of the “Global South,” a loosely defined group of developing countries.

Speaking to reporters at the African Union summit in Ethiopia, Lula said that “what is happening in the Gaza Strip and to the Palestinian people hasn’t been seen in any other moment in history. Actually, it did when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”

Such comments strike a raw nerve in Israel, a country established as a haven for Jews in the wake of the Holocaust. Israel rejects any comparisons of its conduct in the war in Gaza to the Holocaust.

[rlmorel]

In the sprit of keeping things light on a substantive subject, it reminded me of this:

HEAVEN IS WHERE:

• Your cook is Italian..
• Your mechanic is German.
• Your policeman is English.
• Your lover is French.
• It is all organized by the Swiss.

HELL IS WHERE:

• Your cook is English.
• Your mechanic is French.
• Your policeman is German.
• Your lover is Swiss.
• It is all organized by the Italians!.