[HIGHLIGHTS] Controversial comparison of Lula da Silva: he said that Israel commits genocide in the Gaza Strip "like when Hitler decided to kill the Jews"

Lula da Silva said that Israel commits genocide in the Gaza Strip "like when Hitler decided to kill the Jews". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called his remarks "a trivialization of the Holocaust." He also questioned Vladimir Putin's responsibility for the death of the main opponent of his regime in Russia.

Lula has been criticized by Western powers for having a stance that is too favorable to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leader, who returned to occupy the Presidency of Brazil in January 2023 after the mandate of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro, criticized the responses of the United States and the European Union.