Venezuelan Vice-President José Vicente Rangel called "unacceptable" any attempts by the United States to confront Venezuela with Israel due to "alleged anti-Semitism of the Venezuelan Government."

This was the official reply to the remarks made Wednesday by US Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) John Bolton, who opposed Venezuela's incorporation into the UN Security Council.

"Bolton is part of the warlike team, headed by (US Secretary of Defense Donald) Rumsfeld and including ultra leftwing sectors in US politics and some groups in Venezuela eager to destabilize the democratic and constitutional order, that intends to construe the Jewish issue in a perverse way," the senior official said in a press release.

He highlighted that the Venezuelan Government keeps "the best relations with the Israeli state and Government," and with the Jewish community based in Venezuela.