According to the PT president, Israeli retaliation is leading to a “massacre of genocide proportions.”
The president of the PT, MP Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), denied ever meeting with a member of Hamas, a group that launched attacks against Israel last Saturday (October 7, 2023), triggering a war in which More than 2,200 people were killed. The congresswoman rejected any connection between her party and the Palestinian group.
“I have been president of the party for seven years and have never met a member of Hamas, there is no institutional relationship with them,” Gleisi said in an interview with the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
Gleisi also commented on the escalation of tensions in Israel on social media. According to her, Israeli retaliation for the Palestinian attacks is being heralded as “an even broader brutality against the civilian population of the Gaza Strip.”
“Two million Palestinians, locked up in a real concentration camp for more than a decade, with no rights and no prospects, are now being treated as subhumans, without access to water, food and energy.” published the deputy.
“What is being announced under the pretext of military retaliation and state security is a massacre with the proportions of genocide.” “We reject violence and this is the position of the PT, in solidarity with the victims of all parties since the resurgence of the armed conflict,” added the PT president.
Finally, the MP said she encourages the Brazilian government to push for an immediate ceasefire and the recognition of two states, Israel and Palestine, with the right to sovereignty, economic development and the historical traditions of each.
“The military offensive announced by Netanyahu’s farright government will only lead to more hatred and destruction. “It is time for everyone in the world, governments and civil society, to help find a peaceful and lasting solution for this region, which necessarily includes the evacuation of the Palestinian territories,” he said.
controversy
Members of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) government have been criticized for not directly condemning Hamas. On Tuesday (October 10), federal deputy Arthur Maia (União BrasilBA) ridiculed the lack of a statement from Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida. Lula himself has also been the subject of complaints because his comments did not specifically mention the extremist group.