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"A major rift between Brazil and Israel has opened up after Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, likened Israel’s war in Gaza to the Holocaust.
Ties between the two countries became strained last year when da Silva, a left-wing politician known as Lula who has long been a critic of Israel, narrowly defeated Jair Bolsanaro, a right-wing ally of Israel, to regain the presidency. Lula had previously been president from 2003 to 2010, a period that included the first trip by a Brazilian head of state to Jerusalem since 1876.
Now, Israel has banned Lula from visiting and Brazil has recalled its ambassador amid the fallout over the president’s comments, made during the 37th African Union Summit in Ethiopia on Sunday.
There, Lula accused Israel of committing genocide and waging a war against “women and children” in Gaza. ..."
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