Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has accused Israel of genocide against the Palestinians, saying the offensive in Gaza early this year was unprovoked.
"The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly," he was quoted as saying in an interview with the French newspaper, Le Figaro.
"What was it, if not genocide? ... The Israelis were looking for an excuse to exterminate the Palestinians." His comments came after a tour of Middle Eastern and Arab countries.
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