Israel’s largely negative image in the Venezuelan press in the wake of the Libyan plane incident was partially offset by an announcement of a new project in its ongoing program of technical aid to Venezuela, On the same day that Caracas dailies carried the texts of a number of anti-Israel telegrams sent to Venezuelan President Dr. Rafael Caldera by Arab groups urging him to condemn Israel’s “genocide” the contents of a speech by the Israeli Ambassador Joseph Shofman was also published announcing the arrival in a few weeks of three Israeli agricultural experts. They will work in farming provinces in cooperation with the Agriculture Ministry to help increase crop yield.
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