Israel accused Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, of “trivialising” the Holocaust and causing offence to the Jewish people on Sunday after he likened the war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during the Second World War.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel accused Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of trivialising the Holocaust and causing offence to the Jewish people on Sunday after he likened the Israeli war against Hamas militants in Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War Two. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem said it would summon the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as "disgraceful and grave".