Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza

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Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador over Gaza
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer Fabiola Sanchez, Associated Press Writer – Tue Jan 6, 7:46 pm ET

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela ordered Israel's ambassador expelled from the country on Tuesday in protest over the Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The decision by President Hugo Chavez to kick out the diplomat appeared to be the strongest reaction yet to the Gaza offensive by any country with ties to Israel.

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"How far will this barbarism go?" Chavez asked on state television before the ambassador's expulsion was announced. "The president of Israel should be taken before an international court together with the president of the United States, if the world had any conscience."

Venezuela's Foreign Ministry said its U.N. mission is joining with other countries in demanding the Security Council "apply urgent and necessary measures to stop this invasion."

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Chavez has long been critical of the Israeli government's policies in the Middle East and has supported the Palestinians' stance in the conflict.

During Israel's 2006 conflict in Lebanon, Chavez withdrew his top envoy from Israel, calling the bombings there "a new Holocaust." Relations have remained at a scaled-back level since.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_israel;_ylt=AtxBdvAjs7LpLZfxpMzpZ4C3IxIF

[LaPera]

1. Completely understanderble.....They would be next...and BushCo again would approve...

[Smith_3]

2. I like Hugo.

:toast: Hugo, I know you have not much of a choice regarding your allies, but I would like you more if you stopped dealing with Lukachenko.

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. kick....

[malaise]

4. He is 100% correct

K & R