CAIRO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that the United Nations has failed to resolve international conflicts and harshly criticized Israeli actions in Gaza.
“Israel’s behavior has no explanation: with the pretext of fighting Hamas, it is killing women and children,” he said after a meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi.
Speaking later to the Arab League, Lula said Brazil had condemned the Hamas attack on Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, but he added that the Israel’s response was “disproportional and indiscriminate” and unacceptable.
Lula said there would not be peace without the establishment of a Palestinian state and called for an immediate ceasefire to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.
“The killing must be stopped,” he said.
The Brazilian leader said Palestine should be recognized as a sovereign state and admitted to the United Nations as a full member, and he called for reform of the UN Security Council.
“The multilateral institutions that were created to help solve these problems do not work, which is why Brazil is committed to making the necessary changes in global governance bodies, and we hope to count on Egypt’s support,” he said to reporters alongside El-Sisi.
Lula said the permanent Security Council should be expanded and its veto powers abolished. “It is the permanent members of the Security Council that foment wars,” he said.
Brazil has supported South Africa’s case brought before the International Court of Justice against the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, he added.
The leftist president, who’s on his third non-consecutive term, also announced his government will make a new contribution to the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which is
facing a cash crunch
after Israel alleged that 12 of its 13,000 staff in Gaza were involved in the Oct. 7 attack.
“The recent allegations against the agency’s staff need to be properly investigated, but they cannot paralyze it,” he said, calling other countries “to maintain and increase their contributions.”
Brazil’s Lula slams Israel on Gaza war, says UN failed
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Brazil’s Lula slams Israel on Gaza war, says UN failed
- Speaking later to the Arab League, Lula said Israel’s response was “disproportional and indiscriminate” and unacceptable
- There would not be peace without the establishment of a Palestinian state
Syrian Interior Ministry foils terror plot, arrests cell members
- Security forces make arrests as cell attempts to set up Grad-type rocket launchers for attacking populated areas
- Investigations reveal suspects were planning more attacks, had contact with external groups
LONDON: Syria’s Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that it had thwarted a planned attack in the Mezzeh area of Damascus and had arrested more members of a terror cell preparing strikes on populated areas of the capital.
Security forces arrested members of the cell as they attempted to set up Grad-type rocket launchers. They, along with other cell members arrested last week, are accused of attacks targeting the Mezzeh area and a nearby military airport.
Forces seized the launching platforms before they could be used. Investigations revealed that the suspects were planning more attacks and had contact with external groups, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency.
The ministry announced earlier this month the arrest of members of a terror cell linked to attacks in the Mezzeh area and its military airport, after weeks of surveillance of rocket launching sites in Daraya and Kafr Souseh.
Authorities from the Syrian Arab Republic said that the launching platforms and drones used by the cell in the attacks had been sourced from Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah, the SANA added.
