Demonstrators display a banner that reads in Spanish 'Stop to massacre in Gaza' during a in front of the Israeli Embassy in Quito, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. The protest was against Israel's ongoing military operation in Gaza. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) By FABIOLA SANCHEZ
Associated Press
January 6, 2009
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — 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.
The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry announced the move in a statement, saying it "has decided to expel the Israeli ambassador and part of the Israeli Embassy's personnel."
The Israeli offensive in Gaza has killed nearly 600 Palestinians in ground and air strikes. Israel launched the attacks Dec. 27 to stop Palestinian militants from firing rockets into southern Israel.
"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."
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Chavez is kind of caricatured by the msm, however, I would argue that on issues of critical human importance, he is in the forefront.
His basic instincts are grounded and healthy. Chavez 'gets it' when it comes to offering up a vision of elementary ethics in human affairs.
Having said that, he is clearly not the most adroit administrator--but he has the capacity to learn and do better.
Kinda like most humans.
When Chavez held up pictures of murdered and maimed Iraqi kids, he certainly won me over. He gained incalculable credibility among the masses of the world that keep track of events but are out of the loop of everyday power.
Though he is, of course, flawed, Chavez has street cred--and he has earned it the hard way, by not kissing up to the 'in crowd', but being correct and astute nonetheless.
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