Brazil's leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has compared the conflict in Gaza, between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, to Hitler's genocide. This was a harsh, shameful and totally unnecessary offense to the people of Israel and their government.

Despite this, Brazil has bought 36 self-propelled trucks from an Israeli firm for an amount of $200 million. The purchase of equipment from Elbit Systems would include modern simulators to train the Brazilian army.

Israeli artillery surpassed several international firms, from countries such as France and China, in the selection process. The Israeli company won the tender in good faith. But the ideological factor in Lula's government has hindered this purchase and divided opinions between those who support the army and those who defend the hard line of the Workers' Party, such as the all-powerful minister Celso Amorim.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has an erratic and contradictory foreign policy. He called for repeat elections in Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro's obvious fraud; he calls Israel genocidal and he supports Vladimir........

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