Brazil on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations in protest over the IDFs operation in the Gaza Strip. A statement put out by the Brazilian foreign ministry said that Brazil considers “escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine” as unacceptable. “We strongly condemn the disproportionate use of force by Israel in the Gaza Strip.” IAF hits 35 targets overnight; ground forces kill several Hamas operatives, take prisoners No response from the Israeli Foreign Ministry was immediately available. During Operation Cast Lead in 2008-2009, Bolivia cut ties with Israel and Mauritania, the only Arab country besides Jordan and Egypt that had relations with Israel, recalled its envoy for consultations, a prelude to that country later breaking off ties Brazil was one of the 29 countries in the UN Human rights Council that voted Wednesday to probe Israels actions in Gaza (17 countries abstained, and only the US opposed). One Israeli official said that Brazils representative to the council was especially “bad” when addressing the council.
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:03:23 +0000
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