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Brazil doesn’t intend to retract Lula’s Holocaust comparison — sources

By Agencies and ToI Staff 20 February 2024, 12:15 am 15 Edit
FILE - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, arrives for a meeting of the German and Brazilian governments at the chancellery in Berlin, December 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
FILE - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil, arrives for a meeting of the German and Brazilian governments at the chancellery in Berlin, December 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Brazil does not intend to retract President Luiz Inacio da Silva’s comment comparing Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza to Hitler’s treatment of Jews that sparked a diplomatic rift between the countries, sources with knowledge of internal discussions say.

The Brazilian foreign ministry has already summoned the Israeli Ambassador Daniel Zonshine and recalled its own ambassador to Israel after Israeli officials gave him a formal reprimand following Lula’s comment.

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