Senior Brazil official accused of making white supremacist sign

• Published date: 29 March 2021
• Author: Marcus M. Gilban
• Date: 29 March 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

Filipe Martins, Bolsonaro's special adviser for international affairs, caused an uproar on Wednesday with his polemic "OK" gesture made while sitting behind the Brazilian Senate's president when he was talking about the country's COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

Among Brazilians, the gesture can mean "f*** you." But over the past few years, white supremacists have used it to push the idea of "white power," according to the Anti-Defamation League and other watchdogs.

The Curitiba Holocaust Museum took it to mean the latter.

"We were astonished. It's similar to the sign known as 'OK,' but with three straight fingers in the shape of a 'W,' the gesture became a symbol of hatred," the museum tweeted.

Martins, 33, claimed that he was fixing his lapel. He also said he has Jewish heritage.

"A warning to clowns who wish to support the thesis that I, a Jew, am...