Israel’s foreign minister says Brazil’s President Lula is not welcome in Israel until he takes back his comments likening Israel’s bombardment on Gaza to the Nazi genocide during World War II, Al Jazeera reports.
“We will not forget nor forgive. It is a serious anti-semitic attack. In my name and the name of the citizens of Israel — tell President Lula that he is persona non grata in Israel until he takes it back,” Foreign Minister Israel Katz told Brazil’s ambassador, according to a statement from Katz’s office.
Israel has accused Lula of trivialising the Holocaust and causing offence to the Jewish people, and Katz had summoned the Brazilian ambassador for a reprimand over the remarks.
