Posted on 09/09/2009 5:39:51 PM PDT by Nachum
PARIS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people, telling a French newspaper that the bombing of Gaza late last year was an unprovoked attack.
"The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly," Chavez said in an interview with Le Figaro published on Wednesday.
The Venezuelan president, who has just completed a tour of Middle Eastern and Arab countries, brushed aside Israeli assertions that its attack on Gaza was a response to rocket fire from Islamist group Hamas which rules the coastal enclave.
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Snore ;-)
Does the US give Venezuela any foreign aid (beyond buying Citgo products)?
Unprovoked, not counting all the Qassam rockets.
When will the world grow a pair and get rid of this POS and some of the others like Ack ma nut job and Kim Dingy Dongy?
Why are they still alive and allowed to screw up so much of the world for the rest of us not to mention their own citizens?
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