Another email bulletin from aztlan: tell me who does Chavez start to sound like ??


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May. 18, 2006

President Hugo Chavez wants Jews out of Venezuela

The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, said last
Christmas Eve that "the world has wealth for all, but some
minorities, the descendants of the same people that
crucified Christ, have taken over all the wealth of the
world”" The statement by President Chavez brought strong
condemnation by the Zionist Simon Wiesenthal Center and now
the approximate 15,000 Jews who live in Venezuela are feeling
a bit uncomfortable and many are making preparations to
move to Israel.

A delegation of Jewish community leaders from Venezuela
arrived in Jerusalem on Tuesday to explore options for
Venezuelan Jews who want to leave and move to Israel.
The delegation of 16 community leaders met Wednesday with
President Moshe Katsav in Jerusalem. The Jewish delegation
told President Katsav of the growing unrest in Venezuela and
their fears for the future of the 15,000 Jews living there.

The Jewish delegation, led by Freddie Pressner, President of
the Confederation of Jewish Associations of Venezuela,
visited a Tel Aviv University program for Spanish-speaking
students yesterday, and today they will tour Kfar Saba,
which has been designated by the Jewish Agency to absorb the
growing number of Jews immigrating from Venezuela.

"The city of Kfar Saba is happy to be affiliated with the
Venezuelan Jewish community," said Kfar Saba Mayor
Yehuda Ben-Hamo. "I see this initiative as an important Zionist
endeavor of which Kfar Saba is very proud." Ben-Hamo said
that 25 families have settled in the city in recent months
and that more Venezuelan immigrants are scheduled to make
Kfar Saba their home this year.

Jewish Agency officials estimate there are around 2,000
Venezuelan Jews already living in Israel and that just over
100 Venezuelan Jews arrived here during the past year.
"We expect that number to rise," one official said.


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