Israel accused Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of trivializing the Holocaust and causing offense to the Jewish people after he likened its war against Hamas in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during the Second World War. “What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has no parallel in other historical moments,” Mr da Silva told reporters. “In fact, it did exist when Hitler decided to kill the Jews,” he added. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said it would summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as “disgraceful and grave”.
