Braf gweld fod o leia un gwlad yn ddigon dewr i sefyll lan yn erbyn y bwlis rhyngwladol:
"Israel withdraws Venezuela envoy
Mr Chavez was welcomed warmly in Iran last week
Israel is withdrawing its ambassador to Venezuela as a row grows between the two countries over the war in Lebanon.
At the weekend President Hugo Chavez recalled his envoy to Israel and described the Jewish state's campaign in Lebanon as a "new genocide".
On Monday Israel said it would be flying its ambassador back for "consultations".
The BBC correspondent in Caracas says the row marks an all-time low in relations between the two governments.
Mr Chavez has railed against Israel in interviews and statements in recent days, describing its offensive in Lebanon as "genocide".
"Israel has gone mad," he said in a weekly broadcast on Sunday.
"It's attacking, doing the same thing to the Palestinian and Lebanese people that they have criticized - and with reason - the Holocaust. But this is a new Holocaust."
Venezuela's leading Jewish organisation has criticised government representatives and the government-backed media for making anti-Semitic statements.
'Wild slurs'
Mr Chavez was also highly critical of Israel last week during a two-day visit to Iran, a key sponsor of Lebanon's Hezbollah militia.
Mr Chavez has won some admiration in the Arab world
The Israeli foreign ministry said it was bringing the ambassador back temporarily "as an act of protest against the one-sided policy of the president of Venezuela and in light of his wild slurs against the state of Israel".