Venezuela's Chavez accuses Israel of genocide, exterminating Palestinians.

[briann]

http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL9667896

Venezuela's Chavez accuses Israel of genocide
Wed Sep 9, 2009 4:17am EDT
 
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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.

"What was it if not genocide? ... The Israelis were looking for an excuse to exterminate the Palestinians," Chavez said, adding that sanctions should have been slapped on Israel.

Israel launched an offensive against the Gaza Strip on Dec. 27 2008 with the declared aim of curbing rocket fire from the region into southern Israel.

The land, sea and air assault lasted 22 days, and left some 1,300 Palestinians dead, according to medical sources.

Chavez said he recognised Israel's right to exist, as with all countries, but added that the Jewish state must respect the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.

The Venezuelan president said he wanted more clarity from the United States on its foreign policy, adding that he was disappointed by recent U.S. dealings in South America, including the installation of military bases in Colombia.

"Sadly, the arrival of Obama brought with it a lot of hope, but little change," he said. (Reporting by Vicky Buffery)

[muman613]

Isn't Chavez the schmuck that Oliver Stone just glorified in a new movie?

I think Oliver Stone deserves a Yemach Shemo right about now...


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=azjX4nF0D51k

Venezuela’s Chavez Supports Stone’s Movie in Venice (Update1)
By Farah Nayeri

Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made an appearance today at the Venice Film Festival, where he features in a documentary by the U.S. director Oliver Stone, “South of the Border.”

Accompanied by Stone, Chavez, dressed in a dark suit, walked up the red carpet for the movie’s late-afternoon gala screening, stopping to talk to TV crews gathered on Venice’s Lido island.

Stone’s movie denounces longstanding U.S. intervention in Latin America.

In it, the director of “Wall Street” and “Platoon” spends time with Chavez on the president’s private plane, in his office and touring the country. The Venezuelan president is one of several Latin American leaders interviewed.

Asked at a news conference earlier today about anti-Chavez protests in Venezuela, Stone said, “I gather they were not very popular.” He said his impression was that “not many people showed up.”

“Chavez continues to be very popular in Venezuela,” Stone told reporters.

The president was shown on Venezuelan state television talking to reporters as he made his way through the crowd.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

Yeah and quite a few kapo Israelis accuse Israel of "genocide" also.

[Historical Truth]

The only reason he's saying that is to please his boyfriend in Iran.

[Irish Zionist]

He can say what he wants now because we all know Obongo and the Little Man are Boozing Buddies.