Anti-Semitism “symbolizes an immature society in relation to all minorities”, he told CNN the president of the Israeli Confederation of Brazil, Claudio Lottenberg.
For him, it is possible to criticize the State of Israel in light of its actions in the war, which place the Gaza Strip in a humanitarian crisis, as international organizations point out. However, these criticisms should not be mixed and confused with the Jewish people, they should not be an argument for anti-Semitic positions.
“There is a mixture of understandings and readings, because there may be criticisms of the State of Israel, of its government, but, evidently, this, in no way, justifies movements of an anti-Semitic nature. Anti-Semitism is racism. Anti-Semitism is, perhaps, the most hateful thing in the sense that, deep down, it expresses itself in relation to a minority. It symbolizes an immature society with respect for all minorities,” he declared.
Asked about the Brazilians allegedly linked to Hezbollah and arrested this Wednesday (8) on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack on the Jewish community in Brazil, Lottenberg classified the situation as “importation of terror”.
“I see it with concern because, although this is aimed at Jewish entities, everything has to be investigated, this translates into an action of international terrorism. This means that what is happening in Israel is an engineered action, in which there is the participation of entities linked to Iran (…) It is the importation of terror.”
For the president of the Israeli Confederation of Brazil, the situation could cause Brazilian political leaders, without specifying which ones, to take firmer positions in the face of Israel’s war.
There is “A world of absolutism, denialism, which refuses to live within the democratic spectrum, opposing itself to the world of freedom (…) And, who knows, [a prisão de hoje] shine a little more light, especially those who play a role within the government structure and not just the State, [para fazer] a slightly more critical judgment of which position we should take: whether on the side of democracies or on the side of regimes that support terrorist strategies, as is the case with Hamas”, he said.
“The way some leaders in our country have expressed themselves regarding this issue is regrettable,” he added.
For him, leaders cannot mix anti-Semitism with criticism of the Israeli government in the war: “When it comes from a group of ignorant people, who mix all the scenarios, I think it can even be understandable. Now, I imagine that people who have a representative role, normally linked to diplomacy, the least we could imagine is that there should be a minimum of knowledge”.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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