The US military abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro early this month has sent shockwaves through diaspora communities worldwide, with Palestinian-Venezuelans in Venezuela framing the incident not only as a geopolitical earthquake but as a potential inflection point for their political identity and transnational solidarity.

For Palestinians in Venezuela, a community of roughly 15,000 people concentrated mainly in Valencia and Caracas and historically aligned with the Bolivarian government’s anti-imperialist stance, the reaction has been shaped over the future of political support for Palestine amid growing US pressure, as a diaspora that has successfully integrated into Venezuelan society while preserving its cultural identity and collective political orientation.

“All Palestinians in Venezuela stand with President Maduro, particularly Palestinian refugees originating from villages under occupation,” Palestinian-Venezuelan author and political analyst, Jehad Yousef, told MEMO.

Yousef described the US action as “a dangerous precedent: invading a country, killing dozens of people, and abducting the president and his wife from a military barracks.” He framed this as “a breach of international law and UN resolutions as well as a blatant attack on a sovereign state and its people,” with implications well beyond Venezuela’s borders.

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