US EditionBrazil president withdraws his country’s ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza
- Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions over the war in Gaza, a repercussion from a South American nation.
- President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized Israel's offensive in Gaza, comparing it to the Holocaust.
- The ambassador's removal was triggered by Israel's top diplomat's humiliation of Brazil's ambassador, according to an official at Brazil's foreign ministry.
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Brazil downgrades diplomatic mission in Tel Aviv
The government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Wednesday the transfer of Ambassador Frederico Meyer from Tel Aviv to Geneva to head the mission before the United Nations (UN) Conference on Disarmament, Agencia Brasil reported. According to the Diário Oficial da Uniao, a replacement has not been sent to Israel.
Brasilia. Brazil and Israel took a new step on Wednesday in their crisis over the Gaza war with the decision by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government to recall the ambassador in Tel Aviv without immediately appointing a replacement.
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The HinduDiplomatic Shifts: Brazil Reassigns Ambassador Amidst Israel Dispute
Diplomatic Shifts: Brazil Reassigns Ambassador Amidst Israel Dispute Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva removed his ambassador to Israel from his post and sent him to serve as his special representative in Geneva amid a diplomatic spat between the two countries, the official gazette showed on Wednesday.The removal of Frederico Meyer comes a few months after Lula called him back to Brazil. Meyer's recall had followed Israeli Foreign M…
Brazil Declares Israel Ambassador as a Non Grata
Faced with the persistent genocide of Israel in the Gaza Strip, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, made official on Wednesday the withdrawal of his ambassador in Tel Aviv, Federico Meyer. Related: Brazil's Deforestation Drops 11.6 Percent in 2023 In a decree published in the Official Journal of the Union, the Head of State appointed Meyer as the representative of Brasilia to the Conference on Disarmament of the United Nations…
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