Just read some news on this. The government was sorta both siding, in favor of ceasefire, criticized the attack itself, not Hamas, and criticized Israel. That is until Lula took a more critic position of Israel, and they didn’t like it, then things escalated. Brazil has a diplomatic tradition of neutrality, arguing for peace, that’s probably where this position came from at first
Just read some news on this. The government was sorta both siding, in favor of ceasefire, criticized the attack itself, not Hamas, and criticized Israel. That is until Lula took a more critic position of Israel, and they didn’t like it, then things escalated. Brazil has a diplomatic tradition of neutrality, arguing for peace, that’s probably where this position came from at first