Analysis: In Venezuela, antisemitism is state policy

[naaman fletcher]

By Shimon Samuels, March 25, 2010

Since Hugo Chavez took power, antisemitic expression has grown exponentially: in government media; in the dissemination of the Protocols of Zion; in the accusation that "Semitic banks" are sabotaging the economy; in the fact that the Caracas Jewish school was raided twice by armed forces "searching for Mossad-supplied arms caches"; in the desecration of two synagogues; and in the closing of the Israeli Embassy. The Venezuelan ambassador to Moscow even alleged that Jewish
citizens implicated in a 2002 anti-Chavez coup were "Mossad agents".

The origins of Mr Chavez's attitude can be traced to the influence wielded over him by his Argentine, pro-Nazi, Holocaust-denying school companion, the late Norberto Ceresole, who - in his 1998 book on Mr Chavez's election victory - warned of the Venezuelan "Jewish mafia".

In a 2004 Christmas Eve message, Mr Chavez claimed that "the descendants of those who crucified Christ, the descendants of those who expelled Bolivar and crucified him in their own way… took possession of the riches of the world. A minority appropriated the world's gold, the silver, the minerals, the water, the good lands, the oil and has concentrated the riches in a few hands…"

More at the link:

http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/29926/analysis-in-venezuela-antisemitism-state-policy

[ChangoLoa]

1. Oh no, not again. That's clearly BS.

Actually, it comes maybe from the Mossad...

:evilgrin:

[Wilms]

2. Shimon Samuels and THEJC?

Perhaps you have a better source?

[naaman fletcher]

3. I dunno,

I dont know much about the source at all. I know that venezuelaanalysis, a source that had Chavez in the banner until recently, is acceptable. Is this source less biased than a "news" source that has the leader of a political party's picture in the banner?

[Wilms]

4. Among the things I do...

I look at the publisher and authors background.

In this case we see the author is someone who makes a living writing about this subject. That can make him an expert...or possibly the proprietor of a cottage industry who pushes out product.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Rabbi's Personal Bodyguard behind Caracas Synagogue Attack

Rabbi's Personal Bodyguard behind Caracas Synagogue Attack

by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

A former security guard who was responsible for protecting a Caracas rabbi has been charged with using his knowledge to help stage the January 31 attack on the house of worship where the rabbi officiated.

Venezuelan minister Tareck el Aissami said that the man and one other guard cut electricity cables to the synagogue's electronic fence, allowing more than a dozen others, including eight policemen, to attack the synagogue without touching off the alarm system.

The vandals damaged religious articles, sprayed "Jews - Get out" on the walls of the synagogue and stole a computer with the names and addressed of Jews in the country. The damage prohibited the congregation from praying in the Tiferet Israel synagogue the following Sabbath.

The bodyguard had stopped working for the rabbi in December, when he joined the Caracas police force.

Aissami said it was clear that the attack was an inside job because there was no evidence of a break-in. He added that the vandals were trying to implicate the Chavez government several weeks after he broke off diplomatic relations with Israel to protest Operation 'Cast Lead' against Gaza terrorists.

State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters in Washington, "We expect that the government of Venezuela will do what it can to make sure that that type of activity doesn't continue and to... arrest any perpetrators who may have carried out any type of anti-Semitic activity."
(IsraelNationalNews.com)

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129876

The right-wingers almost had Chavez in jail, awaiting execution over this one, before it was straightened out. What a pathetic circus.