Minister of Foreign Affairs once again said that the Israeli government’s reaction in the Gaza Strip is “disproportionate”
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, said this Wednesday (June 19, 2024) that Brazil’s position on the conflict in the Gaza Strip against the extremist group Hamas is to side with Israel, but stated that there is criticism of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
According to Vieira, Brazil never questioned the “right of defense” of Israel in the conflict against Hamas, but considers it to be “disproportionate” the Israeli government’s reaction. He gave a statement to the CRE (Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee) of the Chamber of Deputies.
“Brazil has been on Israel’s side since Israel’s birth, when it was created at the UN in a general assembly […] But we have a critical position of the current government of the Prime Minister of Israel. We believe there is a disproportionate reaction”declared Vieira.
Despite the withdrawal of Israel’s ambassador, Mauro Vieira states that Brazil did not break relations with Tel Aviv. “The ambassador has already left the embassy, but that does not mean that we have broken relations with Israel”he declared.
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Lula and Israel
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