Pod Save America Hosts Call on Democrats to Cut All Israel Military Aid, No Longer Accept AIPAC Funding
Jews, Israelis Targeted in Austria Amid Surge in Antisemitic Incidents; Local Jewish Community Calls for Action
‘All of Our Strength’: Over 1,000 Pro-Israel Activists Gather in DC for Solidarity Conference
‘Devastated’: Wesley LePatner, Killed in Manhattan Mass Shooting, Was a Jewish Communal, Philanthropic Leader
Sen. Angus King Vows to No Longer Vote for Israel Military Aid Until Gaza Conditions Improve
Europe Won’t Pressure Israel to ‘Commit Suicide’ Amid Gaza Backlash, Palestinian State Push, Says Israeli FM
Israel’s National Soccer Coach Attacked in Athens Before Soccer Fans Chant ‘F–K Israel, Free Palestine’ at Match
New York Judge Sentences Neo-Nazi to 5 Years for Livestreaming Bomb Threats Against Jewish Hospitals
US Pressures Lebanon to Issue Cabinet Decision to Disarm Hezbollah Before Talks Continue
UK Plans to Recognize Palestinian State in September Unless Israel Meets Conditions, Starmer Says
Venezuela’s Guaido Says He Is Working to Restore Ties With Israel
Error: Contact form not found.
by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Juan Guaido arrives to attend a holy mass in Caracas, Jan. 27, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins.
Venezuela’s self-declared leader Juan Guaido said he was working to restore ties with Israel that Caracas cut off a decade ago in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Israel is among US-aligned powers that rallied to Guaido after he declared himself Venezuela’s leader last month in a power struggle with socialist President Nicolas Maduro, under whom the country has sunk into poverty.
“I am very happy to report that the process of stabilizing relations with Israel is at its height,” Guaido told the mass-circulation Israel Hayom daily in an interview.
A formal announcement on reestablishing ties and opening a new Venezuelan embassy in Israel would come “at the proper time.”
Maduro’s predecessor, Hugo Chavez, shunned Israel over its 2008-2009 war in Gaza, and fostered ties with the Palestinians as well as with Israel‘s arch-foe Iran. Israeli leaders said Caracas’ posture was prompting a flight of Venezuelan Jews.
“This (Jewish) community is very active and prosperous, one which has contributed greatly to our society,” Guaido said in the interview.
Maduro, who retains the backing of Russia and China as well as control of state institutions including the military, casts Guaido’s rise as a US-orchestrated plot. Guaido says Maduro’s reelection last year was a sham.
