On Wednesday November 25, 2009 Chavez used a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to accuse Israel of being a "murderous"agent of Washington. Chavez and Ahmadinejad hugged and held hands, praising each others revolutionaries ways. Chavez cited a comment made by Israeli President Shimon Peres, where Peres claimed that his and Ahmadinjad's days in power may be numbered, saying " We know what the state of Israel stands for-- a murderous arm of Yankee empire. What the president of Israel said,we take as a threat." Chavez broke relations with Israel earlier on in 2009 when he referred to Operation Castled as a genocide against the Palestinians.
OPEC members Venezuela and Iran have grown closer recently, with Chavez lending support to Iran's controversial nuclear program and Iran helping Venezuela map uranium deposits. In this visit the leaders were meant to sign business and industrial agreements. This last visit concluded Ahmadinejad's tour of South American left leaning countries in order to gain support for Iran's right to develop atomic power for peaceful purposes.
This situation is threatening not only to the Jews but to the World in general. Ahmadinijad is a public denier of the Holocaust, for Chavez and him to be so closely associated already suggests a huge threat to the Jewish community. It suggests that he too does not believe in the Holocaust. This event is also dangerous Israel. By stigmatizing Israel as a murderer Chavez is showing his complete withdrawal of support of the Jewish land. He is also presenting Israel negatively at a public forum, furthering anti- Israel sentiments within Venezuela and around the world. There is also the threat that Venezuela could potentially help Iran proliferate. Although there is no proof this is happening, this budding relationship makes it a possibility in the future. This imminent nuclear threat could be potentially destructive for the World and therefore no one should take this new alliance lightly.
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