Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis

“For a foreign ministry to address a head of state from a friendly country in this way is unusual and revolting. It is a shameful page in the history of Israel’s diplomacy,” the Brazilian diplomat went on to say, adding that Israel is trying to cover up its crimes in Gaza with a smokescreen

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    7 months ago

    Unlike the Jewish people, Hamas did shoot first.

    Well, that’s the short version; here’s a longer one, from 2019:

    More than 6,000 unarmed demonstrators were shot by military snipers, week after week at the protest sites by the separation fence.

    Source: United Nations, via Internet Archive