Israeli Officials Use US Venezuela Attack To Threaten Iran – News From Antiwar.com

Trump’s attack on Venezuela came after he appeared to threaten another war with Iran over protests inside the country Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who now leads the opposition in the Knesset, used the US attack on Venezuela to issue a threat to Iran, as the US and Israel are moving toward another war against the Islamic Republic. “The regime in Iran should pay close attention to what is happening in Venezuela,” Lapid wrote on X after the US bombed Caracas and abducted President Nicolas Maduro. Amichai Chikli, Israel’s diaspora minister, said that the attack delivered a blow to the “global axis of evil” and sent a “clear message” to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The US assault on Caracas came after President Trump appeared to threaten war with Iran over the protests taking place inside the country. “If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday. “We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, responded to Trump’s threat by warning
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