Blinken to Brazil's Lula: US Rejects Nazi Comparison to Israeli Attacks on Hamas

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during a meeting at Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Feb. 21, 2024.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday, briefing him on U.S. efforts to end the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza but also telling him the U.S. disagrees with his assessment likening Israel’s war effort to that of Nazi genocide in World War II.