The Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, accused this Friday the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, of “wanting to end the Gaza Strip” and of forgetting that women and children live there and not just “Hamas soldiers.”
“The act of Hamas was terrorist, it is not possible to carry out an attack, kill innocent people, kidnap people as they did, without measuring the consequences of what happens afterwards,” Lula began by saying, in the Planalto Palace. in a meeting organized for the local press.
“Because, now, what we have is the madness of the Prime Minister of Israel who wants to end the Gaza Strip, forgetting that there are not only Hamas soldiers there, that there are women and children there, who are the great victims of this war . “, he is stressed.
Lula da Silva, who celebrates his 78th birthday this Friday, also said he will not have a birthday party because “the world is sadder.”
“I see the children in the Gaza Strip and it breaks my heart as a human being, so it is no reason to celebrate,” he said, quoted by Agência Brasil.
This Friday night, Israel intensified bombing and military operations against Gaza in recent days, three weeks after the Hamas attack on Israeli territory, which has left thousands dead and injured on both sides.
The Brazilian head of state also defended the end of the veto power of the five permanent member countries of the UN Security Council.
Brazil, as rotating president of the Council, presented a resolution proposing a ceasefire in the conflict, which was vetoed by the United States.
“Someone has to talk about peace. The note that Brazil made was approved by 12 of 15 votes and two abstentions. That is why we want to end the right of veto. We think that the Americans, the Russians, the English, the French, the Chinese , no one should have the right to veto,” he stressed.
Source: TSF
