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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has urged Jews around the world to rein in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, since last Friday, has been leading a wide-scale assault on Iran, describing him as a war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court. Speaking on Thursday in a televised address on state television, Maduro said: “I send a message to the noble Jewish people across the world, including those living in the occupied Palestinian territories or within the borders of the State of Israel: You must stop the war.” He added: “You must stop Netanyahu and put an end to this infernal madness of waging war against all neighbouring countries, and this madness of invading and colonising the entire Middle East […]