Posted on 01/05/2026 8:08:21 AM PST by Miami Rebel
Venezuela’s acting leader, in an address to the nation on Sunday, said there were “Zionist undertones” to the U.S. military’s capture of President Nicolás Maduro.
Delcy Rodriguez, a vice president under Maduro who is now the interim leader, has demanded the “immediate release” of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, since they were captured by U.S. forces on Saturday. Maduro and Flores were flown to New York City, where they are expected to appear in federal court on drug-trafficking and other charges on Monday.
“Governments around the world are simply shocked that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is the victim and target of an attack of this nature, which undoubtedly has Zionist undertones,” Rodriguez said in the televised address. “It is truly shameful.”
President Donald Trump doubled down on his assertion that the United States was “in charge” of Venezuela on Sunday night, telling reporters that he demanded “total access” from Rodriguez.
“We need access to the oil and to other things in their country that allow us to rebuild their country,” Trump said.
Rodriguez’s reference to “Zionist” influence echoed past statements by Maduro. The president said that “Zionists” were facilitating Venezuela’s takeover as the United States ramped up its military campaign, including strikes on boats and a naval buildup in the Caribbean Sea, over recent months.
“There are those who want to hand this country over to the devils — you know who, right? The far-right Zionists want to hand this country over to the devils,” Maduro said during a speech in November.
Maduro also blamed “international Zionism” for protests that swept across Venezuela in 2024, after he was accused of stealing the presidential election amid widespread claims of fraud.
Venezuela and Israel have not had formal relations since 2009, when then-President Hugo Chávez cut ties, citing Israel’s conduct during its offensive in Gaza that year. Maduro, like Chavez, is deeply critical of Israel and supportive of Palestinians.
Israeli officials have not publicly responded to Rodriguez’s claim about “Zionist undertones,” but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated Maduro’s ouster without naming him on Saturday.
“Congratulations, President @realDonaldTrump for your bold and historic leadership on behalf of freedom and justice. I salute your decisive resolve and the brilliant action of your brave soldiers,” Netanyahu said on X.
Foreign Minister Gideon Saar also praised the U.S. action and said that “Israel stands alongside the freedom-loving Venezuelan people, who have suffered under Maduro’s illegal tyranny.”
Venezuela’s official Jewish community has not yet commented on the operation to remove Maduro. Some 3,000 to 5,000 Jews live in the country, down from a height of about 25,000 in the 1990s. Maduro’s 12-year reign was marked by a protracted economic collapse, exacerbated by U.S. oil sanctions, that drove an exodus of 7.7 million Venezuelans.
The Jewish Democratic Council of America condemned Trump’s actions and attempts to “create regime change” in a statement on Saturday.
“For the overwhelming majority of Jewish American voters, maintaining our democracy is the number one policy priority,” said the group. “The American people do not want — nor did they vote for — unauthorized war with Venezuela, especially not one that circumvents the U.S. Constitution.”
LOL Zionists overtones.
That’s the ticket, blame the Jews. ROFLOL.
Guess at which Venezuela Dictator gets taken out next.
The far left and kooky right see “Zionist undertones” in every issue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Venezuela
. Since Hugo Chávez took power in 1999, tension has existed between the government and Jewish population, which has seen large numbers emigrating.[1] Today, the majority of Venezuelan Jews live in Israel, while modern-day Venezuela continues to host a modest Jewish population.
Wasn’t Zionist Undertones big in the Progressive Rock scene in the 70s?
I think I remember their album. “Is Real”
JDCA executive director Halie Soifer has served as national security advisor for Kamala Harris and has a background with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a think tank representing the foreign policy establishment with the usual funding (Carnegie, Rockefellers, Soros, Morningstar, Ploughshares, etc.).
28 posted on 9/29/2020, 3:29:27 PM by Fedora
Next one might not be so easy. Be careful what you wish for. We’re one Blackhawk down from a huge mess there....
“Undertones” = zero evidence.
Is there anything the Zionists can’t do?
I heard the Israelis used their laser sharks.
Absolutely: the much-acclaimed horseshoe theory.
Weston, a beautiful development due west of Fort Lauderdale, is known as Westonzuela. Much of its Venezuelan population is Jewish.
Good move Rodriguez!
Now do Mexico’s leader ... Claudia Sheinbaum
The Jewish Democratic Council of America condemned Trump’s actions and attempts to “create regime change” in a statement on Saturday.
“For the overwhelming majority of Jewish American voters, maintaining our democracy is the number one policy priority,” said the group. “The American people do not want — nor did they vote for — unauthorized war with Venezuela, especially not one that circumvents the U.S. Constitution.”
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I simply cannot stand these people. They do not speak for all Jews, especially me, not even close. Yes, there are the deluded, hush naïve, anti-western Jews that this country seems to specialize in producing, but there are a lot of us that aren’t brain damaged like these people are. Perhaps they should reflect upon the fact that they are free to say whatever they want, and not even their archer villain, Donald Trump, even threatens to arrest them. Oh, and by the way, we are not a democracy, we are a constitutional republic. I absolutely despite these people, who are pretty much 100% wrong on any issue, you can shake a stick at.
By the way, this was not a war against Venezuela. It was the successful capture of an indicted criminal who happen to be living in the Venezuelan presidential palace. But no nation, other than the usual suspects of China, Russia, Iran, Cuba and North Korea, viewed Maduro as being the actual president of Venezuela. He very clearly cheated in the last election, and that is why the entire civilized world actively stated that he was not the president of Venezuela. Thus, we were not acting in a warlike manner toward Venezuela itself, we have been attacking drug and terrorist cartels in and around Venezuela, which were directed from Venezuela at least in part by Maduro, and then we captured Maduro himself. That’s not a war, that’s an action to stop a criminal enterprise by seizing one of its top leaders and bringing him to justice.
Yes! I saw them at Madison Square Garden in 1978.
Haime Gildenstern was their lead guitarist with Leyb Zorov on bass. Their singer Shlomo Yahudit had just died after binging for a week on Manischewitz
Are the Venezuelans sure they want this Venezuelan Bimbo Karen as their president?
If the sun rises in the east tomorrow, do you suppose these a$$ hats would consider that to be a Zionist conspiracy?
Undertones = Projection.
Netanyahu came and met with Trump a day or two before the attack. Same as he did before Iran.
I think I saw them earlier that day, kverching over pastrami on rye at Katz’ Delicatessan.
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