January 09, 2009
Israeli Ambassador Expelled from Venezuela
(Caracas, Venezuela) Right on the heels of declaring the situation in Gaza a "holocaust," President Hugo Chavez booted Israel's ambassador out of Venezuela as a protest to the Gaza offensive.
Israel's ambassador to Venezuela, Shlomo Cohen, and his staff were given 72 hours to leave the country. [...]There was, however, no mention of severing diplomatic ties with Israel. (more)On Tuesday night, Ambassador Cohen received a telephone call from the Foreign Ministry informing him that an official letter was on its way, declaring him and the other six members of the diplomatic mission in Caracas persona non grata and requiring them to depart the country within three days.
Following this development, a special crew flew to Venezuela to assist in evacuating the embassy and its classified documents and equipment.
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