Published On 25/10/2025
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Last update: 15:04 (Mecca time)
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the United Nations and multilateral institutions for their failure to prevent the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as he saw that these entities were not doing their job.
Da Silva told reporters in Putra Jaya, today, Saturday, after his meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ahead of the ASEAN summit, during which he is expected to meet his American counterpart, Donald Trump, “Who can accept the genocide that has been taking place for a long time in the Gaza Strip?”
He added, “The multilateral institutions that were established to prevent similar matters no longer work. Today, the Security Council and the United Nations are no longer performing their function.”
Over the course of two years, Israel launched a war of extermination against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which led to the death of more than 68,000 people, the injury of 170,000 others, and the destruction of nearly 90% of facilities and structures as a result of the throwing of more than 200,000 tons of explosives.
The shooting stopped according to an agreement concluded in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 9, with the mediation of Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, with the participation of the United States.
Hint to Trump
In what appeared to be a reference to Trump, the Brazilian president said that “the leader’s conduct with his head held high is more important than the Nobel Prize,” referring to the strong criticism directed at the Nobel Committee by the White House for ignoring the US President and awarding instead the Peace Prize to the Venezuelan oppositionist Maria Corina Machado.
Tomorrow, Sunday, Trump is scheduled to witness the signing of a peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, which he helped sponsor, before heading to South Korea to hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of his Asian tour.
Da Silva’s statements come at a time when relations between Washington and Brasilia are gradually improving after long tension due to the trial of former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, who was sentenced last September to 27 years in prison on charges of involvement in a failed coup attempt in 2022.
Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods and sanctions on senior officials, including a Supreme Court judge, in protest against what he described as a “political witch hunt” for Bolsonaro.
However, the brief meeting between Trump and da Silva on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly last September, and then the phone call between them on October 6, paved the way for a possible meeting between them during the ASEAN Summit.