Israel Katz made severe criticism of the petista after leaving Brazil from the International Alliance to Holocaust Memory; Ministry of Previous Relations asked for the end of ‘genocide against Palestinians’
In a statement released on Tuesday afternoon (26), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs () stated that the Minister of Defense of Israel, again gave “offenses, untruths and rudeness” against Brazil and the President (PT). According to Itamaraty, Katz needs to ensure the end of the “genocide” of Palestinians in “as Minister of Defense, Mr. Katz cannot be exempt from his responsibility, and it is necessary to assure that his country not only prevents his country but also prevents the practice of genocide against Palestinians,” said Itamaraty in a statement. On Tuesday, Katz stated by X that Lula is an anti-Semitic “supporter of Hamas” and associated him with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The relationship between the countries was even more aggravated after Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announce that it will “lower” diplomatic relations with Brazil after Itamaraty ignored the indication of a new ambassador. “Now he has revealed his true face as a declared anti -Semitic and supporter of Hamas by removing Brazil from IHRA – the international organism created to combat anti -Semitism and hatred against Israel – placing the country with regimes such as Iran, which openly denies the Holocaust and threatens to destroy the state of Israel. From the evil of radical Islam, even without the help of Lula and his allies, ”Katz said in a Portuguese publication on his official X -account.
In the note published on Tuesday, Itamaraty states that Israel needs to take responsibility and “investigate the truth” about an attack on a Gaza hospital on Monday, 25. According to MRE, at least 20 people died after the building was hit by two missiles in sequence. Among the victims are journalists and patients.
“Israeli military operations in Gaza have already resulted in the deaths of 62,744 Palestinians, of which one third are women and children, and in a policy of hunger as a weapon of war imposed on the Palestinian population,” said Itamaraty. The MRE recalled that Israel is being investigated by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Itamaraty pointed out that the investigation is by plausible violation of the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide Crime.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Fernando Dias
