Previously, the first lady defended Lula for anti-Semitic remarks
First lady Janja da Silva posted on her Instagram account an illustration of a Brazilian child rescuing a Palestinian child trapped in a barbed wire fence. The post was made on Monday, 19, in the stories of the profile of the wife of President Lula (PT).
In the picture, a Palestinian boy, kneeling on a pile of stones, is injured due to his fists and part of his body being caught in the wire. He is later saved by another boy wearing a Brazil shirt.
The woman’s defense
Janja also took to social media yesterday to support her husband, who has caused a diplomatic crisis for Brazil and has been criticized by the national and international press.
On the 18th, a Sunday, the president made a comparison between Israel’s actions in the war against Hamas terrorists and the “Holocaust”, which resulted in the extermination of more than 6 million Jews during the Second World War.
Janja said that Lula criticized the ‘genocidal government’, not the Jewish people
“I am proud of my husband, who, since the beginning of this conflict in the Gaza Strip, has defended peace and especially the right to life of women and children, who are the majority of the victims,” wrote the first lady on Twitter/X.
Hamas terrorists thank Lula for attack on Israel
Hamas, a terrorist group, expressed its gratitude to President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva for the attack on Israel on Sunday, 18. In a speech given in Ethiopia, the PT leader drew a parallel between the country’s activities in the Gaza Strip and the holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Adolf Hitler during the Second World War.
The terrorist group Hamas, in a message posted on Telegram, expressed that it “appreciates” Lula’s comments and labeled Israel a “Zionist” regime. Since October, the group, which operates in Gaza, has faced retaliation from Israel. During this period, the terrorists launched attacks that resulted in the deaths of 1,300 people in Israel.
“We appreciate the statement by Brazilian President Lula da Silva,” he wrote. “Who described what our Palestinian people are being subjected to in the Gaza Strip as a Holocaust, and that what the Zionists are doing today in Gaza is the same as what Nazi Hitler did to the Jews during the Second World War.”
Those who call themselves defenders of the Palestinians and govern Gaza are labeled terrorists. They blame Israel for an alleged massacre against the Palestinians, with the backing of the US. Meanwhile, Hamas seeks to prevent Israeli reprisals by holding more than 100 people captive.
“We call on the International Court of Justice to take into consideration the Brazilian president’s statement on the violations and atrocities that our Palestinian people are suffering at the hands of the criminal occupying army and its terrorist settlers,” the group said. “The likes of which have never been witnessed in modern history.”
Lula compares Israel’s attacks on Hamas to Hitler’s holocaust
On Sunday, during a press conference in Ethiopia, President Lula compared Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip to the extermination of Jews by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi government in Germany.
Lula once again called Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip “genocide” and added: “What is happening in the Gaza Strip and with the Palestinian people does not exist at any other time in history,” he said. “In fact, it existed when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.”
The response came after the decision by Western nations to reduce funding for the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which Israel accuses of participating in the terrorist acts of October 7. The information is from Revista Oeste.