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Days later, the Simon Wisenthal Center played the anti-Semitism card. It demanded an apology. Media scoundrels piled on.
Weekly Standard contributor Aaron Mannes said "Hugo Chavez veers into anti-Semitism while explaining how to create a workers' paradise."The Wall Street Journal 's Mary O'Grady called Chavez's address an "ugly anti-Semitic swipe." It followed "an insidious assault over the past several years on the country's Jewish community."
She spuriously claimed "heavily armed Chavez commandos raided a Caracas Jewish school, terrifying children and parents."
It was "part of (his) political strategy of fomenting class hatred - an agenda that finds a vulnerable target in the country's Jewish minority." Saying so turned truth on its head.
The Confederation of Jewish Associations of Venezuela (CAIV) responded to baseless Simon Wiesenthal accusations. Former president Fred Pressner said:
"You have acted on your own, without consulting us, on issues that you don't know or understand."
"We believe the president was not talking about Jews, and that the Jewish world must learn to work together."
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