Brazil Says Israel Raises Smoke Screen to Hide Gaza ‘Massacre’
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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Brazil is escalating a diplomatic rift with Israel, saying the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s controversial remarks about the war in Gaza to divert attention from a “massacre” happening there.
“The words from Netanyahu’s government are unacceptable in their form, and deceiving in their content,” Brazil’s Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira told reporters on Tuesday. “They’re putting up a smoke screen to hide the real problem which is the ongoing massacre in Gaza.”