Brazil’s president calls for ending international silence over Israeli crimes in Gaza – Middle East Monitor

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has called for an end to the international silence over crimes committed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, stressing that “what is happening amounts to genocide against Palestinian civilians”.

Speaking at the opening of the BRICS summit on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro — attended by leaders of 11 emerging economies — da Silva said: “We cannot remain indifferent to the genocide carried out by Israel in Gaza,…