Aleksander Boyd, the crusading and brave anti—Chavez blogger, reports (and the Venezuelan press [Spanish language] confirms the story) a very worrisome development in Caracas:

Sources report that this morning at around 6.30AM, 25 police officers raided in Caracas the Jewish school known as Colegio Hebraica. Students were meant to start classes at 7AM. Due to the 'procedure' that still goes on, classes have been suspended. The school is attended by 1.500 youngsters and children.

Criminal—turned—judge Maikel Moreno gave the order to raid the premises. Daniel Sinmack, president of the Jewish community in Caracas, just declared that this is the first time ever that such incident occurs

Allegedly the State television network, Venezolana de Television, has been reporting for days now that the Mossad is behind the assassination of prosecutor Danilo Anderson.

The world's left has made anti—Semitism a foundation of its ideology, using Israel as whipping boy. All the more worrisome when the leftist regime in question belobngs to a major oil exporter, anxious to curry favor with Arab oil exporters, in the common cause of raising oil prices.

Pray for the Jews of Venezuela.

Thomas Lifson  11 29 04

UPDATE:  A.M. Mora y Leon adds:

Chavez right now is in Iran denouncing America and hugging and kissing the ayatollahs, wearing their religious garb, the whole thing. This is probably his 'present' to them.  

And yes, it's a move to intimidate and terrify. He went for the children of course.