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Brazil’s Lula, a Putin apologist, launches a shameful crusade against Israel
Arturo McFields
March 1, 2024

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is on an unprecedented and shameful crusade against Israel. In less than a week he has issued a strong series of critiques, arguing that Israel’s right to self-defense is actually an act of genocide against Palestine. Far from honoring the message of the Brazilian flag (“Order and Progress”), Lula has returned to power, for the third time, with a retrograde and radical political vision. His alignment with Russia, Palestine, Venezuela and Cuba goes beyond ideology and borders on a defense of international crime. During his recent tour across Africa, Brazil’s head of state took the opportunity to compare Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza with the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews, an aberrant and malicious analogy. READ MORE

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