Tensions between Brazil and Israel have escalated following Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's comments comparing Israel's military actions in Gaza to the Holocaust and likening Israel to Hitler, leading to a diplomatic rift. Israel declared Lula persona non grata, demanding an apology for his remarks, which they deemed as trivializing the Holocaust and antisemitic. In response, Brazil recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations and banned the Israeli ambassador from visiting Brazilian territory. The Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, has publicly criticized Lula's comments, stating that millions of Jews worldwide are awaiting his apology, and reprimanded the Brazilian ambassador at Yad Vashem. Despite the backlash, Lula's chief foreign policy advisor, Celso Amorim, stated that the president would not apologize, arguing that Israel is increasing its isolation with its stance. The diplomatic fallout has seen support for Lula from Colombia's President, who expressed solidarity with Lula's position on Gaza, calling it a genocide. Lula highlighted the conflict as a war between a highly prepared army and women and children, further intensifying the diplomatic tensions. This incident has not only strained Brazil-Israel relations but also highlighted differing perspectives on the conflict in Gaza.
President of Brazil Lula da Silva, in his condemnation of the Israeli war on Gaza: “It’s not a war of soldiers against soldiers. It’s a war between a highly prepared army, and women and children.” https://t.co/DY1aWiMkYg
As diplomatic relations strain between Israel and Brazil, Brazil's foreign minister says Israel tries to create smokescreen over Gaza conflict. https://t.co/AdJD2qvxjG
Israel said on Monday that Lula is not welcome in the Middle Eastern country until he takes back the comments comparing Israel's war on Gaza to Hitler's treatment of Jews. https://t.co/AdJD2qvxjG
BREAKING: 🇧🇷🇨🇴The President of Colombia supported Brazilian President Lula, in his view that Israel is committing a genocide worse than that of Hitler. Colombia's president says he has 'complete solidarity' with Brazil's president Lula da Silva amid tensions with Israel… https://t.co/Ti86tdXZ0m
Israel labels Brazilian President Lula a Holocaust denier for comparing Israel’s actions in Gaza to the alleged murder of 6 million Jews. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/AvGTHEybSn
Brazil escalated a diplomatic rift with Israel, saying the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using controversial remarks made by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva about the war in Gaza to “hide a massacre” happening there. https://t.co/Ngf7IL0uvZ
The 'official account' of the state of Israel on X has described Brazil's president as being a "full on Holocaust denier".
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed on his first trip to Brazil, days after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva enraged Israel by comparing its Gaza campaign to the Holocaust https://t.co/H8spLWOuee
BREAKING: Colombia’s President expresses full solidarity with President Lula of Brazil. “In Gaza, there is a genocide, and thousands of children and women are cowardly murdered. Lula has only spoken the truth, and the truth must be defended, or barbarism will annihilate us.” https://t.co/yZOFdaNSUv
The fallout of Lula's controversial comments about Israel's war on Gaza https://t.co/9r3maR0r0I
⚡️🇮🇱: The 'official account' of the state of Israel on X has described Brazil's president as being a "full on Holocaust denier".
Lula acknowledged genocide against jews and against Palestinians Netanyahu declared Lula persona non grata Lula recalled the Brazilian ambassador Now Israel's account calls Lula a Holocaust denier Next step Lula revokes the Brazil-Israel military cooperation? Fingers crossed. https://t.co/spk1es2ywS
'The majority of people in Brazil are angry with our president because it's not the position of the Brazilian people' Journalist @carlocauti breaks down the rupture in Israel-Brazil ties over Lula's Holocaust remarks https://t.co/BoyWmkRvoW
My take on fallout of @LulaOficial’s comments over the weekend. Will Brazil break with Israel over Gaza? Several other Global South players have been there for some time. Brazil may well arrive there now too, even if not exactly how it might’ve intended. https://t.co/8L5JcMjxhC
NEW: Lula has landed himself in hot water at home for his comments comparing Israel's assault on Gaza to the Holocaust. But the newly pronounced enmity between the Lula and Netanyahu governments likely clarifies more than it obscures, argues @apagliar https://t.co/9r3maR0r0I
On G20: "Complicating the upcoming gathering is the fact that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over the weekend compared Israel’s war on Hamas with Adolf Hitler’s extermination of Jews during the Holocaust." https://t.co/BVPvO64zgd
The days of bullying people into silence by exploiting the Holocaust as a weapon are over. Too many Jews around the world are denouncing your war to credibly equate it with anti-Semitism. It was Netanyahu, not Lula, who defended Hitler by saying he never wanted to kill Jews. https://t.co/PtccjRuEix
On Sunday, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a scathing condemnation of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, continuing his long-standing commitment to solidarity with the Palestinian cause. https://t.co/DY1aWiLN8I
Brazil-Israel Dispute Escalates After President Lula’s Latest Comments — Here’s What He Said: https://t.co/2eSLRhjf4V
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. https://t.co/DY1aWiLN8I
Brazil won't apologize but says it won't escalate either. After a Monday meeting between Brazil's foreign minister and Israel's ambassador, the Lula administration says the ball is now in Netanyahu's court. https://t.co/7loMbpBYBv
Reuters reports that Brazil will not retract comments made by its president, Lula da Silva, in which he drew a parallel between the Holocaust and Israel's war in Gaza. https://t.co/Fpx1Rq6VRR
Brazil’s President Likens IDF War in Gaza to the Nazi Holocaust - https://t.co/4rx8224Y17
- #Israel declared Brazilian President Lula da Silva “persona non grata” - Manuel Rocha, the US diplomat who spied for #Cuba for several decades - Legislators seek to reform #Ecuador's Penal Code to revoke the corruption sentence against Rafael Correa - #Nicaragua: Daniel… https://t.co/ui0nFf3W8e
FM @Israel_katz: “President of Brazil: Millions of Jews around the world are waiting for your apology. How dare you compare Israel to Hitler? Should I remind you about what Hitler did? He took millions of people into ghettos, stole their property, used them as forced laborers… https://t.co/6pLC4jeRxu
Presidente do Brasil @LulaOficial, Milhões de judeus em todo o mundo estão à espera do seu pedido de desculpas. Como ousa comparar Israel a Hitler? É necessário lembrar ao senhor o que Hitler fez? Levou milhões de pessoas para guetos, roubou suas propriedades, as usou como…
BREAKING: Reuters reports that 🇧🇷 Brazil will not retract comments made by its president Lula da Silva in which he drew a parallel between the Holocaust and Israel's war with Hamas
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales expresses solidarity with the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, stressing that Israel's classification of him as an "persona non grata" is actually an affirmation of Silva's commitment to peace and the dignity. https://t.co/rMmkdr2Vwv
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil recalled his ambassador to Israel on Monday, as tensions escalated between the countries over the Brazilian leader’s sharp remarks against Israel’s war on Hamas. https://t.co/rcYmCmeXNc
🇧🇷🇮🇱BRAZIL RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM ISRAEL Following Brazilian president Lula’s comments comparing Israel’s actions in Gaza to the holocaust, the Israeli FM Katz said Lula wasn’t welcome until he apologized. Instead, Lula has recalled Brazil’s ambassador “for consultations”… https://t.co/zrBGsKazPa
Israeli PM Netanyahu has condemned Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s comparison of the IDF operation in Gaza to the Holocaust and declared him persona non grata Read more: https://t.co/WNBOxy0P7T https://t.co/3r8u9I50gE
Brazil's foreign minister at a meeting with the Israeli ambassador did not apologize for the president's statement comparing Israel's actions in Gaza with Hitler's atrocities. The minister expressed disappointment over the fact that the country's president was recognized as… https://t.co/uYnoaWUrPy https://t.co/axgMl4IEX7
"Brazil's Lula Not Welcome In Israel": Netanyahu After Holocaust Remark https://t.co/mIeOo938if https://t.co/5Svl2SCTgg
BREAKING: Brazil ends diplomatic ties with Israel. It’s a sad moment for both the Brazilian and Israeli people, as they have long enjoyed good relations with one another.
#Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s comparison of #Israel’s military campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust has unleashed a diplomatic firestorm, with Israel declaring Lula “persona non grata.” https://t.co/4EjCYVeF9m
Brazil recalls ambassador to Israel in row over Lula’s Gaza comments https://t.co/gSMDZMwjb2
Netanyahu blasts comments as 'shameful' after Brazilian president makes Holocaust comparison https://t.co/dU1OoGpUXU https://t.co/eLAJRSG9J9
Israel on Monday told Brazil that its President would not be welcomed in the Jewish nation unless he apologised after he compared Israel's military offensive in Gaza to Adolf Hitler's campaign to exterminate Jews https://t.co/BY9imskiWu
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has recalled his ambassador to Israel for talks, a source in #Brazil’s foreign ministry says, as a diplomatic scuffle plays out over the president’s recent comments about #Israel’s war in #Gaza. https://t.co/BUlX5q6eN9
Brazil’s Lula Criticizes Israel, Compares Military Campaign to the Nazi Holocaust – Gets Branded ‘Persona Non Grata’ by Tel-Aviv – Brazil Recalls Ambassador as Spat Intensifies via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/uBRisyyFDM
Brazil’s Lula banned from Israel after Nazi comparison in Gaza War https://t.co/LLcELu5oyx https://t.co/XbphdZAuPy
BREAKING: The Holocaust conflict between Israel and Brazil is escalating. The National President of President’s Lula’s PT party, Gleisi Hoffmann @gleisi has taken to Lula’s defense by calling Netanyahu “a fascist” 🇧🇷🇮🇱 https://t.co/N2DAGyzE7C
Lula just recalled Brazil’s ambassador to Israel following his appalling comments comparing Israel’s war against Hamas to the Holocaust. Remember when Biden celebrated this guy’s victory? And not just because he didn’t like his opponent. Lula is no friend to Western values.
The Brazilian govt on Monday called its ambassador in #TelAviv back to the country for consultations after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva voiced harsh criticism of Israeli attacks on the #GazaStrip, in response to the fact that Israel summoned the diplomat for statements. https://t.co/D4thgNME0D
Lula just compared Israel to the Nazis, in the vilest form of Holocaust inversion. He just happens to be a stooge for Vlad Putin, and refuses to condemn Russia's war on the Ukrainian people. https://t.co/WlPCWDtKDe
Israel's top diplomat said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is unwelcome in the country after he likened Israel's war against Hamas terrorists to Germany's campaign to exterminate Jews during World War II. https://t.co/fL7SkaiRKt
.@LulaOficial has recalled Brazil's ambassador to #Israel for, wait for it, upbraiding him for comparing Israel's defense against #HamasNazis to the #Holocaust. Hey Lula, Israel will be just fine without you and your ambassador. https://t.co/ohjbFMnwL9 via @timesofisrael
🚨BRAZIL RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM ISRAEL Israel recalled theirs from Brazil already. So much for diplomacy. https://t.co/bWoYhTdzpR
These comments aren’t just ignorant. They’re outright antisemitic. How could any leader trivialize & degrade the history of the Holocaust? How dare he compare the very people Hitler massacred to him? It’s despicable, & President Lula must apologize NOW. https://t.co/zujYS1j8nd
These comments aren’t just ignorant. They’re outright antisemitic. How could any leader trivialize and degrade the history of the Holocaust? How dare he compare the very people Hitler massacred to him? It’s despicable, and President Lula must apologize NOW.…
Brazil’s President Lula has ended diplomatic relations with Israel after accusing them of “genocide” in Gaza. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/t3wuIRj07X
Israel says Brazil's president unwelcome until he apologizes for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust https://t.co/ZElv3t0u5m
The rapid collapse of relations between Brazil and Israel continues The Brazilian government has banned the Israeli ambassador from visiting Brazilian territory after the Israeli Foreign Ministry declared President Lula da Silva “persona non grata.” The President of Brazil also…
The State of Israel has declared Brazilian President Lula da Silva persona non grata, banning him from ever entering the Holy Land ... https://t.co/4eU6KWvejV
Brazilian President declared persona non grata in Israel after Holocaust comments Read more: https://t.co/WNBOxy0hil https://t.co/LXbBB1z1Wv
Brazil recalls ambassador, summons Israeli envoy as scuffle over Gaza remarks deepens https://t.co/luNMemo65p
The best part of this episode is that Brazil's ambassador was summoned to Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust museum, to receive his reprimand for criticizing the Gaza war too harshly https://t.co/OrdWiFyiKW
Brazil recalled its ambassador in Israel for consultations as relations between the two nations quickly deteriorated https://t.co/HLfBPwf25Y
Brazil has called back its ambassador from Tel Aviv
Israel says Brazil's president unwelcome until he apologizes for comparing Gaza war to Holocaust (from @AP) https://t.co/xYr1wPBqYO
Brazil's diplomatic fallout with Israel is not altogether surprising and is more or less in line with a few other leftist Latin American presidents' increasingly strained ties to the Netanyahu government. 👇🧵
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who participated in the October 7 Hamas-led terrorist attacks issued a statement thanking Brazil's President Lula Da Silva (@LulaOficial) for recalling his ambassador to Israel.
'What Lula needs to do is apologize...he obviously crossed a red line' i24NEWS Senior Diplomatic Affairs correspondent @owenalterman breaks down Israel's Foreign Minister decision to declare Brazil's president 'persona non grata' https://t.co/cq5VrSH50h
BREAKING: Israel's foreign minister says until Brazil's president Lula da Silva 'apologizes and retracts his antisemitic words of incitement which he hurled at the Jewish people, he will be an unwelcome personality' in the country
BREAKING: Brazil has called back its ambassador from Tel Aviv
After Netanyahu declared Lula "persona non grata" in Israel - and Israel forced the Brazilian ambassador to meet at Holocaust museum - Lula recalled Brazil's Ambassador. Lula invoked the Holocaust when condemning Gaza's destruction, and rejected Israeli demands for an apology.
Better late than never: Lula finally recalled the Brazilian ambassador from Israel, months after other Latin American presidents did so. This time, it was inevitable. Netanyahu impacted Lula directly by declaring him persona non grata. Lula should raise the stakes now.
Lula da Silva is an antisemite. That is all.
Lula is recalling Brazil’s ambassador to Israel. Other countries should do the same and isolate Israel like apartheid South Africa was cut off from the world.
JUST IN - Brazilian President Lula ordered Brazil's ambassador to Israel to return to his homeland - reports
LIVE UPDATES: Brazil's president recalls envoy to Israel https://t.co/rBqgQMuhKA
NEW: Israel says Brazil’s Lula is ‘persona non grata’ for Holocaust remarks https://t.co/edeGcmQPbw
.@JaredEMoskowitz Condemns Brazil's Lula da Silva Comparing Israel to Hitler Reported by @graysonbakich via @Floridianpress https://t.co/Auvnswm5Yf #Flpol #holocaust
They want Lula to apologize for saying that a Palestinian life is equal in worth to a Jewish life and that the mass murder of either is equally wrong. https://t.co/ZEaPW1Xs8l
Lula's long-time and most important foreign policy adviser, Celso Amorim, called Israel's banning of Lula from Israel "absurd," and vows that Lula will not apologize for invoking the Holocaust to condemn Israel's destruction of Gaza: https://t.co/c3BRlTVPCD
Lula has been declared persona non grata in Israel after comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust, and Israelis to Hitler https://t.co/Zfg2r8Uxrz
“Its result is that Brazil can question Israel’s genocide without any sign that it will revoke the military cooperation agreements it signed with Israel under Bolsonaro.” @brunohuberman and me for @novaramedia https://t.co/mLyNo9JKaR
🇧🇷🇮🇱🚨‼️ DIPLOMACY: Israel does not allow Brasil’s president Lula to visit Israel until he apologizes! “We will not forget, nor forgive. President Lula will be persona non grata in Israel until he apologizes and retracts his words.” — Israel FM Israel Katz https://t.co/NEKviJVBJq https://t.co/oapEhNrfyg
Netanyahu slams Brazil President Lula for comparing war against Hamas to the Holocaust https://t.co/64WhKYNH0F
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not welcome in Israel until he takes back comments likening the war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two, the Israeli foreign minister said https://t.co/ttDKZWHNG7
BREAKING: Israel bans Lula from entering Israel without first apologizing for comparing the war in Gaza with the Holocaust. “We won’t forget, nor forgive. Lula will be Persona Non Grata until he apologizes & retracts his words.” - FM @Israel_katz 🇮🇱🇧🇷 https://t.co/KaXR1IyQE3
Lula's chief foreign policy advisor says the president will not apologize for his comments about Israel over the weekend. "Israel is the one placing itself in a condition of increasing isolation," he insisted. https://t.co/Agl06c6KGv
🇧🇷🇮🇱 Lula não vai pedir desculpas por fala sobre genocídio, diz Celso Amorim à CNN. Segundo o assessor de assuntos internacionais da Presidência, “Israel é que se coloca numa condição de crescente isolamento”. https://t.co/BbDgDqbFNB
FM @Israel_katz: This morning I summoned the Brazilian ambassador to Yad Vashem, the place which testifies more than anything, to what the Nazis and Hitler did to the Jews including my own family. The comparison of Brazilian President @LulaOficial between Israel’s just war… https://t.co/PxXtH89gqo
🚨 Breaking: Antisemitic president of Brazil 🇧🇷 Lula da Silva was declared a persona non grata in Israel 🇮🇱 https://t.co/3fNIxSomVo
Lula's controversial decision to compare Israel's war against Hamas to the Holocaust may also be understood as a (successful) attempt to mobilize his followers at home, not unsimilar to what Bolsonaro did when he occasionally used foreign policy to "reenergize" his base. 👇🧵
“We will not forget, nor forgive. President Lula will be persona non grata in Israel until he apologizes and retracts his words.” Powerful message by Israel FM @Israel_katz, who summoned the Brazilian Ambassador for an official and very public reprimand at @yadvashem, following… https://t.co/y8mRuP1GVC
⚡️ Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz has declared Brazilian President Lula da Silva persona non grata for comparing the fighting in the Gaza Strip to the Holocaust. https://t.co/MgOPhZYPkH
BREAKING| Israel's minister of foreign affairs, Israel Katz says declares that the President of Brazil is persona non grata in the occupation state of Israel. https://t.co/87Fg0Cxji4
JUST IN - Israel declares Brazil's leftist Lula "persona non grata."
⚠️ BRAZIL'S LULA NOT WELCOME IN ISRAEL, ISRAEL'S FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS (Reuters) Israel's foreign minister on Monday said that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was not welcome in Israel until he takes back his comments likening the war against Hamas militants in… https://t.co/5IJw9kxdyb
⚡#BREAKING Sky News Arabia: The Israeli Foreign Minister declares the Brazilian President “persona non grata”
Brazil president Lula on Gaza: "What’s happening now hasn’t happened in any other time in history, but when Hitler decided to murder Jews" He has also called Israel’s prosecution of the war “genocide” Israel summoned Brazil’s ambassador for a reprimand https://t.co/z3BdKULtzs
Brazil's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, drew the ire of Israeli authorities after he compared Israel's actions in the war against Hamas to the Holocaust. https://t.co/X2WuDON7MO
Watch: Israeli PM Benjamin #Netanyahu calls Brazilian President Lula da Silva “the most virulent antisemite” after he likened Israel’s war in #Gaza to the holocaust. Read more: https://t.co/Z9OrizeljF https://t.co/2CVj0tvKMQ
Good on FM @Israel_katz. Lula’s comments were thought out, abhorrent and inexcusable. Should there be any diplomatic fall-out, it will be entirely the fault of Brazil here! https://t.co/DZCne6bggF
FM Katz (the son of Holocaust survivors) summoned the Brazilian ambassador to Israel for a reprimand after Lula da Silva compared Israel to Nazis, but he's doing a few unusual things: The reprimand will happen at Yad Vashem. Katz is doing it himself and not a FM deputy…
Brazil ambassador to be reprimanded at Yad Vashem over Lula’s comments https://t.co/jHtyIMZJ5i
Watch: Brazilian President Lula da Silva likens the Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War II. #Brazil #Israel #Gaza Read more: https://t.co/Z9OrizeljF https://t.co/JjUpWaJGrp
Israel's Netanyahu slams Brazilian president's comparison of Gaza war to the Holocaust https://t.co/Z8IQpMB4gk
ICYMI: #Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accuses #Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinian civilians in the #Gaza Strip and compares its actions to Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jews. https://t.co/84uOpMi2Y6
Brazil's Lula Compares Gaza Op To Holocaust, Israel Says "Red Line" Crossed https://t.co/xUE7DKvOyc https://t.co/H4jR38Q2eg
Lula antisemitic statements today about the Holocaust aren’t an isolated incident. His left-wing party PT is strongly anti-Israel. The former party leader José Genoino said a few weeks ago that it would be an interesting idea to boycott Jewish companies. 🇧🇷🇮🇱 https://t.co/sZI951oyPu
"What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in other historical moments.” Brazil's Lula compares war on Gaza to Holocaust, sparking controversy https://t.co/X1eKbuXfyR
Brazil's President Lula compared Israel to Hitler and the Jews to Nazis. Lula does not represent the millions of Brazilians who strongly stand with Israel. Lula represents the forces of darkness, dictatorship, and Communism. Lula hates everything Israel stands for - Bible,… https://t.co/FKw9ipBalB