“This is absurd. It only increases Israel’s isolation. Lula is wanted all over the world and at this moment Israel is persona non grata”, the current special advisor for international affairs of the Presidency, who made it clear that his criterion is a personal opinion, told the G1 portal.

According to the news site, other advisors of the Planato Palace, the seat of the Executive Power, the Foreign Ministry and members of the Workers’ Party (PT) considered that the head of State is right to criticize the deaths of Palestinians.

On Sunday, Lula compared Israel’s military offensive on Gaza with the Holocaust committed by German Dictator Adolf Hitler against the Jews during World War II.

“You know, what is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people does not exist in any other historical moment. But it did exist when Hitler decided to kill the Jews,” the Brazilian president denounced in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he is attending the African Union Summit as a guest.

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