Brazil recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations.
Brazil does not intend to retract Mr Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's comment, sources with knowledge of internal discussions told Reuters on Feb 19.
“He’s persona non grata in the state of Israel so long as he doesn’t retract his remarks and apologise,” Mr Katz said of Mr Lula. In a tit-for-tat move, the Brazilian foreign ministry also said it had also summoned the Israeli ambassador to Brazil for a meeting later on Feb 19, and recalled its own ambassador from Tel Aviv for consultations, “given the gravity of the statements this morning by the government of Israel.”Veteran leftist Mr Lula, 78, is a prominent voice for the Global South whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the G-20.
Israel’s retaliatory campaign has killed at least 29,092 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest count by the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.But he has since grown vocally critical of Israel’s response.
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