Brazilian President Lula declared “persona non grata” in Israel on Monday. The day before, the Brazilian president had described the war waged by Israel in Gaza as a “ genocide ”, comparing it to the Shoah.
Faced with this rare escalation between two allied countries, Brasilia summoned its ambassador to Tel Aviv, as well as the Israeli ambassador to Brasilia. Lula's statements are the most virulent ever made on the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement by Lula.