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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- One of three Arab countries that maintains full diplomatic relations with Israel recalled its ambassador.
Mauritania, which has had relations with Israel since 1999, recalled its Israeli envoy on Monday, according to reports.
The action is said to be a protest over Israel's current operation in the Gaza Strip.
Students in Mauritania have been protesting daily against the operation and there have been calls for the country to break its ties with Israel, the French Press Agency reported.
On Tuesday, Venezuela expelled Israel's ambassador and embassy personnel, Reuters reported, hours President Hugo Chavez called Israel's actions in Gaza a "holocaust."
Israel's Foreign Ministry was considering whether to respond in kind, The Associated Press reported Wednesday.
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Hugo Chavez is now and always has been a cruel and low class dictator. Dictionary definition: Class A PUTZ. Without oil, he is hapless buffoon. I do not cry for Israeli Embassy removal from his country
Do you forget, who you are?
Any Israely victory has to be SPEEDY and Decisive
Gaza is already split in three parts. Offer secluded part of each “subdivision” to be a save heaven for momen and children, thier free passage to “War free zone”. They ‘d have to accept it.
Then just erase the rest of Gaza.
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