Brazil’s Lula warns of lasting impact of Gaza war and criticises UN inaction

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday that “generations of Palestinians will carry the pain and trauma left by the war in the Gaza Strip”, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of committing “genocide” against women and children in the territory. Lula made the remarks in a speech to the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where he criticised what he described as the UN’s inability to prevent wars and its declining ability to protect the most vulnerable, amid deadlock at the UN Security Council. READ: Int’l community chose to manage Palestinian-Israeli conflict rather than resolve it, Jordanian king says Lula also criticised pressure and legal action targeting the International Criminal Court […]