Brazilian President Luiz Lula compared the IDF's activities in the Gaza Strip to the horrors of the Nazis in the Holocaust. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu hastened to sharply attack Lula's words: "The statements are shameful and serious - this is about trivializing the Holocaust and an attempt to harm the Jewish people and Israel's right to defend itself" Foreign Minister Katz ordered to summon the ambassador for a reprimand call.
"Israel is committing genocide," said the Brazilian president during an official visit to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.