Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday called for a ceasefire and an "international humanitarian intervention" in the conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories so that human right violations can be put to an end. "An international humanitarian intervention is urgently needed," Lula wrote on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. "A ceasefire is urgently needed in defense of Israeli and Palestinian children."
    • underisk@lemmy.ml
      10·
      11 months ago

      I think he was just trying to head off any criticism for daring to suggest moderation and diplomacy in the face of people howling vengeance for the deaths of Israeli children while acknowledging that Palestinian children are and have been dying from Israel’s retaliation.

    • taanegl@beehaw.org
      6·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, but there are few political vehicles as effective as “won’t somebody PLEASE think of the children!”