History has a sense of humor. For more than a decade, the Bolivarian regime in Caracas made anti-Israel rhetoric a pillar of its revolutionary identity. Under Hugo Chávez, Venezuela severed diplomatic ties with Israel and wrapped itself in the language of anti-Zionist defiance. Under Nicolás Maduro, that posture hardened into ritualized hostility.

And now? Venezuelan crude is heading to Israel.

Not quietly. Not accidentally. Deliberately.

Under Delcy Rodríguez’s stewardship of the post-Maduro transition, Caracas has dispatched its first oil shipment to Israel in years, reportedly bound for the Bazan Group, the backbone of Israel’s refining capacity. The same Venezuela that once expelled Israeli diplomats is now helping power Haifa’s refineries.

That is not just ironic. It is geopolitical poetry.

The irony deepens when you consider........

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