Brazil’s president accuses Israel of ‘premeditated genocide’ in Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcome Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Rosangela “Janja” da Silva at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Jun. 5, 2025. (Reuters)
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  • “It’s a premeditated genocide from a far-right government,” da Silva said

PARIS: Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday during a trip to Paris accused Israel of carrying out “premeditated genocide” in the Palestinian territory of Gaza.

“It’s a premeditated genocide from a far-right government that is waging a war against the interests of its own people,” he said at a joint press conference with France’s President Emmanuel Macron.

While Lula has previously used the term “genocide,” Macron has refused to, saying last month it was not for a “political leader to use to term but up to historians to do so when the time comes.”