A street in the West Bank city of al-Bireh was named for the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Al-Bireh Mayor Fawzi Abid made the announcement over the weekend
during a visit to the Venezuelan embassy in the city to offer
condolences for Chavez's death, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency
reported.
Chavez, who ruled the South American country for 14 years, died March 5 following a long battle with cancer.
“Chavez's death is a loss to the whole world, and to the Palestinian
people in particular, because Chavez was a great supporter of
Palestinian rights,” the mayor said, according to Ma'an.
Venezuela severed ties with Israel following Israel's three-week Gaza
operation that began in late December 2008, expelling the Israeli
ambassador and staff. In May 2010, following a deadly Israeli Navy clash
with a
Gaza-bound flotilla that left nine Turks dead, Chavez called
Israel a “genocidal state” in a national broadcast and said the Mossad
was trying to kill him.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/03/11/3121721/palestinian-city-names-street-after-chavez#When:14:13:00Z
Monday 11 March 2013
Palestinian city names street after Chavez
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