Former president says he would welcome the military man to Planalto if he were still in office and accuses Lula of supporting “dictators”
The former president (PL) said this Sunday (January 5, 2025) that the Israeli military being investigated by is a “soldier of God’s people”. The member of the Israel Defense Forces left Brazil after the Federal District Court accused him of alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
“If I had been president of the Republic, this soldier of the People of God, now persecuted, would have been received by me on the Planalto with due honors”wrote Bolsonaro on his profile on X (formerly Twitter).
He accused (PT) of being silent in relation to what he called “injustice” about the case. He also stated that the PT member supports “dictators”.
UNDERSTAND THE CASE
An Israel Defense Forces soldier left Brazil this Sunday (5 January) after the Federal Police investigated him for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip. The information is from the Israeli state broadcaster. According to the publication, his family said that he was never arrested.
The order for the soldier to be investigated was issued on December 30, 2024, by judge Raquel Soares Charelli, from the Federal District.
According to the portal Metropolisesthe request was presented by HRF (Hind Rajab Foundation), an organization that defends the rights of Palestinians. The Israeli soldier was in Brazil for vacation. He is accused of participating in an attack on a residential neighborhood in the Gaza Strip in November last year.
On that occasion, a residential block was demolished by explosives. The place served as a shelter for Palestinians who had been internally displaced since the start of the war.
In the document, HRF attached evidence that was collected through an investigation into Open Source Intelligence data – that is, in banks and sources with public information. The organization argues that the evidence proved the Israeli soldier’s involvement.
The soldier’s father told the Canal 12 this Sunday (5 January) that a friend who was traveling with his son received a message from an Israeli diplomatic office saying that an arrest warrant had been issued.
“I asked them to escape immediately and not stay a moment longer. [no Brasil]”, he said, quoted by the newspaper. The father stated that he received a message from his son in the early hours of this Sunday (5 January) saying that he had left Brazil.
