Shea Levin — text status

Efforts are underway to arrange a meeting between Prime Minister Netanyahu and Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Channel 14 reports. Until recently, Venezuela was a close ally of Iran under Nicolás Maduro. Following Maduro’s capture by U.S. special forces and Israeli assistance to Venezuela after the earthquake, the two countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations, though ties currently remain at the consular level.