President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) once again criticized Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said that it is necessary to stop what he called genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Lula highlighted that the UN Security Council approved a ceasefire resolution for the war in Gaza, but that the Israeli prime minister did not comply with the determination.
“I think that the countries that support Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech need to start making a greater effort to stop this genocide,” he said.
The Brazilian president then said that he vehemently condemns the behavior of the Israeli government and that he is “certain that the majority of the people of Israel do not agree with this genocide.”
Still, he stressed that it is necessary for Hamas to “contribute to more eloquence and demands on the Israeli government and release the hostages.”
Lula also wrongly pointed out that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “condemned in the same way” as Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In May of this year, the CNN exclusively reported that the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim Khan, is seeking an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. However, the court has not issued an arrest warrant for the Israeli leader.
In March 2023, the ICC issued an arrest warrant against Putin for being “allegedly responsible” for war crimes, illegal deportation of population and illegal transfer of population from Ukraine to Russia.
Neither leader has been tried and convicted by the International Criminal Court yet.
This content was originally published in Lula says again that Israel commits genocide and criticizes Netanyahu on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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