Lula’s Quest for a Diplomatic Balance Amid Israel-Hamas War
As Brazil presides over the UN Security Council this month, the president has an opportunity to reassume a role as global diplomat.
On the very same day as the appalling attacks by Hamas on Israel, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva went public with an unequivocal condemnation of the events and presented condolences to the victims' families. He didn’t attempt to hold one side or the other responsible. Instead, he pledged that Brazil would spare no effort to prevent an escalation and called upon the international community to work towards an immediate resumption of negotiations—one that guarantees the existence of an economically viable Palestinian state coexisting peacefully with Israel, with secure...
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