{"id":9072,"date":"2024-05-20T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T09:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/?p=9072"},"modified":"2024-05-20T10:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T09:06:17","slug":"brazilian-president-did-not-insult-the-holocaust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/2024\/05\/20\/brazilian-president-did-not-insult-the-holocaust\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian President Did Not Insult the Holocaust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/faktoje.al\/presidenti-brazilian-nuk-ofendoi-holokaustin-ndaj-hebrenjve\/\" title=\"\">Original article<\/a>\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on 2\/5\/2024; Author: Ilda Hoxha<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Claim: The Brazilian president was declared &#8216;persona non grata&#8217; by Israel after making insults against the Holocaust<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rate: Missing context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brazilian president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva was declared &#8216;persona non grata&#8217; by Israel, not for insulting the Holocaust, but for comparing the situation in Gaza to the massacre carried out by the Nazis against the Jews. Verifications show that pro-Israeli media in Albania have misinterpreted Da Silva&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles shared in online media state that Israel declared the President of Brazil, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, &#8216;persona non grata&#8217; after he allegedly insulted the Holocaust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<em>Insulting the Holocaust, Israel declares the President of Brazil &#8216;persona non grata&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; writes the portal &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.izraelisot.com\/2024\/02\/20\/fyejti-holokaustin-izraeli-shpall-non-grata-presidentin-e-brazilit\/\">Izraeli Sot<\/a>.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"421\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kk.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kk.png.webp 421w, https:\/\/seecheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/kk.png-265x300.webp 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo: Screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Insulting the Holocaust, Israel declares the President of Brazil &#8216;persona non grata&#8217;<br>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva&#8217;s words as &#8216;shameful&#8217;.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Articles shared in online media<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, this article states that the reason for this decision was the comparison made by the President of Brazil between the country&#8217;s military operation in the Gaza Strip and the massive killing of European Jews ordered by the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, at no point does it mention that da Silva insulted the Holocaust, but simply made a comparison with the current situation in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israel-declares-brazils-lula-persona-non-grata-for-comparing-gaza-war-to-holocaust\/\">The Times of Israel<\/a>&#8216;, in contrast to the portal &#8216;Izraeli Sot&#8217;, writes in its headline that President Lula was declared &#8216;persona non grata&#8217; for comparing the conflict in Gaza to the Holocaust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his speech, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/2\/18\/brazils-lula-compares-israels-war-on-gaza-with-the-holocaust\">the Brazilian president<\/a> said: &#8216;What is happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people has not occurred at any other time in history. In fact, it has, when Hitler decided to kill the Jews&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/7e447eed-e4cd-4647-a044-e2808956bba3\">February<\/a> of this year, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz declared the President of Brazil, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, &#8216;persona non grata&#8217; after the latter compared the death toll in the air and ground offensive in Gaza to the Holocaust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterwards, in a statement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-789276\">media<\/a> in Brazil, da Silva clarified that he had not used the word &#8216;Holocaust&#8217; in his comments about Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Firstly, I did not say the word &#8216;Holocaust,&#8217; that was the interpretation of the Israeli Prime Minister, not mine&#8217;, said the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lula also asserted his belief that Israel is responsible for committing genocide against civilians in Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/sq\/%25C3%25A7far%25C3%25AB-pasojash-do-t%25C3%25AB-kishte-nj%25C3%25AB-urdh%25C3%25ABr-arresti-i-icc-s%25C3%25AB-kund%25C3%25ABr-netanyahut\/a-68959997\">to reports<\/a> in the international media, the International Criminal Court in The Hague could issue international arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and Chief of the General Staff of the Israeli military, Herzi Halevi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original article\u00a0(in Albanian) was published on 2\/5\/2024; Author: Ilda Hoxha Claim: The Brazilian president was declared &#8216;persona non grata&#8217; by Israel after making insults against the Holocaust Rate: Missing context The Brazilian president Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva was declared &#8216;persona non grata&#8217; by Israel, not for insulting the Holocaust, but for comparing the situation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":9074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[404,178,405,170,197,173,10],"class_list":["post-9072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fact-checks","tag-brazil","tag-gaza","tag-holocaust","tag-israel","tag-israel-palestine-war","tag-palestine","tag-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9076,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9072\/revisions\/9076"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seecheck.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}