BRASÍLIA, May 30 — Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel, a diplomatic source told AFP yesterday, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries over Israel’s war in...
The nearly eight-month-old conflict has soured Israel ’s diplomatic ties with several nations, including Brazil , whose President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in February accused the country’s government of genocide. — AFP picBRASÍLIA, May 30 — Brazil has recalled its ambassador to Israel , a diplomatic source told AFP yesterday, ratcheting up tensions between the two countries over Israel ’s war in Gaza.
The source said conditions had not been met for Meyer to return to Israel and there are no immediate plans to replace him. However, he has received support elsewhere in Latin America, notably from Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, who went so far as to sever ties with Israel. The war in Gaza was sparked by Hamas’s October 7 attack on southern Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,189 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed at least 36,171 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the territory’s health ministry.
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