Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz didn’t hold back, blasting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a “declared antisemite and Hamas supporter” in a fiery August 26, 2025, social media post. Katz’s outrage stems from Lula’s decision to pull Brazil out of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), aligning the country with regimes like Iran that deny the Holocaust and threaten Israel’s existence. He doubled down with an AI-generated cartoon showing Lula as a puppet of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, accusing him of disrespecting Holocaust memory when Katz was Foreign Minister. Brazil’s Foreign Ministry fired back, calling Katz’s words “offensive” and “unacceptable,” but the damage is done—this diplomatic spat exposes Lula’s anti-Israel stance and fuels tensions.