Brazil’s President Lula has called what is happening in Gaza by its name: a genocide. His words are not exaggerated. An army is killing women and children. Entire families are being wiped out. Homes, hospitals, and schools are being turned to rubble. The scale of destruction and death is not random. It is systematic, relentless, and targeted.
He said: “It’s an army killing women and children… and then they come and say it’s ‘anti-semitism’? The victimhood mentality needs to stop. We understand the following: what’s happening in the Gaza Strip is a genocide.”
To speak clearly about this is not controversial. It is necessary. For months now, Palestinians in Gaza have been facing starvation, displacement, and bombardment with nowhere safe to go. International law is being openly violated. Civilian lives are treated as disposable. This is not a war between equal sides. It is not a conflict that can be balanced by vague calls for restraint. It is one side with overwhelming power using it against a trapped population, with the world watching.
Lula’s words cut through the excuses. He rejected the idea that condemning this mass killing is anti-semitic. Criticism of a state committing war crimes is not hatred toward a people. To suggest otherwise is a way to shut down honest outrage. It’s a tactic to silence those calling for justice. Lula refused to be silent.
This genocide must end. No more justifications. No more hiding behind slogans. Civilians are not collateral damage. They are human beings. Children are not threats. They are children. Every bomb dropped is another crime. Every hour it continues is another failure of the international community.
History will not forget this moment. The question is who had the courage to name it for what it was, and who turned away.
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