International media are reporting that Venezuela has cut its diplomatic ties with Israel to protest the Jewish State's counterterrorist Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, but Israel's Foreign Ministry says that is not quite accurate.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Haiat told Israel National News in an exclusive interview on Thursday morning that the embassy in Caracas has not been closed and that the Venezuelan government has not recalled its Charges D'Affairs from the Jewish State.

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