Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva addressed the UN General Assembly, condemning Israel for alleged 'revenge' against Hamas terrorists and criticizing widespread censorship of conservatives.
to the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday to condemn the government of Israel for allegedly seeking “revenge” against Hamas terrorists and to defend widespread censorship of conservatives.the speeches at the General Assembly every year, a tradition that began in 1955 when Brazil’s leaders offered speak first as other countries hesitated.
“The right to defense has become the right to revenge, which prevents an agreement for the release of hostages and postpones the ceasefire,” he claimed. “The planet is no longer waiting to demand payment from the next generation and is fed up with unfulfilled climate agreements,” Lula said. “It is tired of neglected carbon reduction targets and financial aid to poor countries that does not arrive. Denialism succumbs to evidence of global warming.”in southern Brazil this year and the ongoing and record-breaking fires in the Amazon Rainforest.
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