Tensions between Brazil and Israel have escalated following Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's controversial remarks comparing Israel's military actions in Gaza to the Holocaust. Israel's Foreign Ministry announced it would summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand at Yad Vashem over the comments. In response, Hamas issued a statement appreciating Lula's comparison, while various Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, condemned the remarks as shameful and an extreme distortion of the Holocaust. Netanyahu also labeled Lula as a virulent antisemite. Amidst the diplomatic fallout, Israel declared Lula persona non grata, banning him from entering the country until he retracts his statements. Brazil, in turn, recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations and ended diplomatic ties. The situation has drawn international attention, with various entities and officials commenting on the deepening rift between the two nations. Lula's chief foreign policy advisor stated that the president will not apologize for his comments.
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
Several patients evacuated Nasser Hospital while dozens remain trapped under the Israeli siege of Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Palestine called on the ICJ to end the Israeli occupation, and Brazil’s Lula likened Israel’s Gaza genocide to Nazi Germany. https://t.co/o30lPW7P56
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
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
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.
The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement who participated in the October 7 Hamas-led terrorist attacks in Israel and who are involved in the kidnapping of the Bibas family, thanks the president of Brazil Lula De Silva (@LulaOficial) for recalling the Brazilian ambassador to Israel. https://t.co/mq449XHZi7
'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
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
🇧🇷🇮🇱🚨‼️ 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
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
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
“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
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
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
"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
Israel's foreign ministry said it would summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks made by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, likening the Israeli war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide https://t.co/hj8K5jQ5Mo https://t.co/XBWh8GTkwS
Israel has summoned the Brazilian ambassador in response to President Lula's remarks comparing the war on Gaza to the Holocaust, while Hamas has thanked himhttps://pulse.ly/whzyxvd91t
New statement from Hamas: "We In the Islamic Resistance Movement Appreciate the Statement of Brazilian President Lula da Silva" https://t.co/d0vGe1VCfD
Live Update: Brazil’s Lula: Israel committing genocide in Gaza, same as Holocaust https://t.co/KRU7x38pdz via @timesofisrael
Live Update: Israel to summon Brazil’s envoy for reprimand after president compares Gaza war to Holocaust https://t.co/P8LDF9sL04 via @timesofisrael
Live Update: Netanyahu says comments by Brazil president serve to ‘trivialize the Holocaust’ https://t.co/dXUTDZmVF7 via @timesofisrael
Live Update: Yad Vashem chairman: Brazilian president’s comments are ‘extreme distortion of Holocaust’ https://t.co/6pMvkiTxJK via @timesofisrael
Brazil's Lula da Silva: What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no historical parallel. Only when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.... What's happening in Gaza isn't a war, it's a genocide. https://t.co/0yggrMDVrL
Brazil's Lula da Silva: What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no historical parallel. Only when Hitler decided to kill the Jews. https://t.co/0yggrMDVrL
Israeli outrage followed President Lula comparing what has unfolded in Gaza to “when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.” Lula also said Israeli actions amounted to “genocide.” https://t.co/wUDjh1Ze9H
At African Union Summit, @LulaOficial compared Israel's assault on Gaza to the Holocaust — not "a" Holocaust but "the" Holocaust — leading to reaction below from Netanyahu. Truly terrible historical analogy, but let's not pretend Lula's words are as damaging as Netanyahu's deeds https://t.co/fNZ8fpAHFk https://t.co/VxMkd5Vx2n
Brazil's President compares the actions of Israel to that of Hitler. https://t.co/0INNeTe51H
🔴‘Shameful’ Brazilian president is trivialising the Holocaust, says Israel https://t.co/EIJ49OKmq1
Netanyahu says Brazil's president Lula Da Silva should be 'ashamed of himself' for comparing Israel's military action to the Holocaust
Brazilian President Lula compares IsraeI’s actions in Gaza to the HoIocaust BiBi Netanyahu said “comparing IsraeI to the HoIocaust & HitIer is crossing a red line” Do you agree that more countries should start to pressure IsraeI w/ sharper rhetoric like this? https://t.co/tq6cecaZgB
BREAKING: Hamas issues official statement supporting Lula’s claim that Israel is treating Gazans in the same way Hitler treated the Jews during the Holocaust. They demand for the court in The Hague to take Lula’s statement into account 🇧🇷🇮🇱 https://t.co/MgQCzfYULP
‘A perverse distortion’: Brazil’s Jews slam Lula’s comparison of Israel to Nazis https://t.co/O2zLYRokaa
BREAKING: Hamas issues official statement supporting Lula’s claim that Israel is treating Gazans in the same way Hitler treated the Jews during the Holocaust. They demand for the court in The Hague to take Lula’s statement into account https://t.co/T7R0Rx4b2o
Netanyahu slams Brazil's Lula for comparing Israel's Gaza actions to "Hitler's Genocide" / @Bsamuels0 https://t.co/wesXQkvc3a
PM @netanyahu at #COP2024: The President of Brazil is a virulent antisemite, who should be ashamed of himself, after his Holocaust distorting comment today. https://t.co/zHd5G0HmLp
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT “The words of the President of Brazil are shameful and serious. This is about trivializing the Holocaust and trying to harm the Jewish people and Israel's right to defend itself. Comparing Israel to the Nazi… https://t.co/gf7hycOGV5
Netanyahu slams Brazil’s president for likening Hamas war to Holocaust https://t.co/fHNTEyFuec
FM @Israel_katz: “The words of the president of Brazil are shameful and extremely serious. No one will harm Israel's right to defend itself. I ordered foreign ministry staff to summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand tomorrow.” https://t.co/vE3wtYLrvf
Israel summoned Brazil’s ambassador for a reprimand after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva compared its war on Hamas with Adolf Hitler’s extermination of Jews https://t.co/5nKuJR3gY5
⚡ A STATEMENT ISSUED BY HAMAS: “We in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) appreciate the statement of Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who described what our Palestinian people are being subjected to in the Gaza Strip as a Holocaust, and that what the Zionists are doing… https://t.co/Z76CPveWNu
BREAKING: HAMAS OFFICIAL STATEMENT “We in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) appreciate the statement made by Brazilian President Lula da Silva, who described what our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are subjected to as a Holocaust, and that the actions of the zionists… https://t.co/2A8jgdir7A