Trouble in Venezuela

[Yala]

Venezuela's Jews face a constant barrage of anti-Israel rhetoric that is often a vehicle for outright anti-Semitism, a Venezuelan Jewish leader told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday.

"Almost all government media, which makes up about half of all the media in the country, in television, radio and Internet, publish daily anti-Israel articles," according to Robert Croidorescu, chairman of the Maccabi chain of Latin American Jewish community centers and a former president of the Venezuelan Jewish community.

Through this media's anti-Israel bias, "the government encourages anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism," he said.

"I think we're in the middle of a war we didn't see coming," said the Venezuelan leader. "Every lie the Palestinians and their supporters introduce goes unanswered. So people start to believe it. Our youth go to university, and they encounter a very organized campaign arranged by radical Left and Palestinian groups. They don't have the education to respond."

Croidorescu wants advice and help from fellow community leaders and, above all, from Israel. "Only if Israel starts to seriously help us to defend it will we succeed in doing so. We have to defend Israel to defend ourselves. Today the Jews stand with Israel as one people, if only because we don't have a choice," he asserted.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull


It's true, that every lie from the Palestinians goes unanswered. Abbas is constantly bashing Israel in the international media, but does Netanyahu bash Abbas? The US doesn't allow him to because this is the "moderate" leader they have (mistakenly) pinned their hopes on. But look at where it has gotten Israel. It looks pathetic and the lies of the Palestinians become reality.