Earlier this year, government had already canceled the purchase of Israeli armored armored
The Brazilian government studies measures to break military relations with Israel in response to NA’s actions, classified by the executive as a genocide of the Palestinian people. The information was confirmed by the special advice of the President of the Republic. The president’s special chief advisor told Agência Brasil that it is necessary to take coherent measures with humanitarian principles. “Personally, I believe that the climb of massacres in Gaza, which constitute true genocide with thousands of civilians, including children, is something that cannot be minimized. Brazil needs even, through appropriate measures, to be consistent with the humanitarian and international law that has always defended,” he said. This week, Amorim received a group of 20 parliamentarians and other leaders who came to ask the government to break diplomatic and commercial relations with the State of Israel.
Earlier this year, the government had already canceled the purchase of Israeli armored armored arranged by the Ministry of Defense due to Gaza’s situation. The government evaluates that the breakdown of diplomatic relations would be something delicate and complex and that could harm both Brazilians living in Israel and Palestinians, given the end of the possibility of contact with Tel Aviv. Therefore, the government considers that the breakdown of military relations, with suspension of contracts and cooperation in this sector, may be an adequate response to the escalation of violence and siege against the Gaza Strip and Palestinians, including the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, considered illegal by international law.
Social and political pressure
Upon leaving the meeting with Amorim, Mrs Natália Bonavides (PT-RN), who articulated the meeting, explained that the government studies these measures and can announce “in the coming days” actions related to this topic. “Simply, an extermination that is being televised. Brazil has played an important role in this theme throughout history. And President Lula has even denounced genocide from the beginning and we have come to ask Brazil to take effective measures, adopt sanctions, which are even backed by international law. If we naturalize barbaries, evil in the world have no limits,” he said on a social network. The movement has grown by the break of relations between Brazil and Israel.
The Single Federation of Oil Tankers (FUP) and the National Federation of Oilshops (FNP) published an open letter to the government asking Petrobras to stop selling oil to the Israeli government. “Today, the urgent need for a total global energy embargo and weapons to curb genocide, and dismantle the apartheid and the illegal occupation by Israel. Demanding liability for war crimes and imposing sanctions not only as a moral duty, but also as a legal responsibility for all states. ”The boycotting, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, led by Palestinians, for years boycotting against Israel in response to the illegal occupation of the West Bank and the siege against the Gaza Strip, which has been in threat to existence. of the Israeli state and faces the movement as an attempt to delegitimize Israel in the face of the international community, as well as aiming to harm its economy.
Posted by Luisa Cardoso
*With information from Agência Brasil
