The Israeli government decided to change its protocol and hold a meeting with the Brazilian ambassador to Israel at the Holocaust museum in Jerusalem. Usually, the meeting would take place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The information was confirmed to CNN by Israeli diplomatic sources.
This Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Foreign Minister Israel Kantz announced the summoning of the Brazilian diplomat for a “harsh reprimand conversation” following President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) latest speeches on the war between Israel and Hamas.
During the press conference that ended his trip to Africa, Lula said that the Israeli Army commits genocide against Palestinians and alluded to the killing of Jews in Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany.
The reprimand is scheduled to take place at 11:30 am Israel time, 6:30 am Brasília time.
The Israeli government's idea is to make the meeting a symbolic and learning act after Lula's statements comparing the conflict in Gaza with the Holocaust.
A CNN He reached out to Itamaraty for comment and is awaiting a response.
Yesterday, as the CNN the president of the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, Dani Dayan, said that Brazilian President Lula da Silva's “shameful words are a “scandalous combination of hatred and ignorance.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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