Some Hebrew-language media have acknowledged that US President Donald Trump\u2019s claim of fighting drug trafficking serves as a cover to pressure Venezuela and gain access to the country\u2019s energy resources.<\/p>\n
According to Al Mayadeen, these media outlets wrote that Washington\u2019s main focus is the blockade of Venezuela\u2019s oil and energy sectors, not combating drug trafficking networks. They believe the media narrative does not align with the political and economic realities.<\/p>\n
Further reports state that the clashes early Saturday in Venezuela are essentially part of a broader competition over energy resources and advanced technologies, involving various international actors.<\/p>\n
These media have also pointed to US military actions against Venezuela, noting that the bombing of parts of the country and reports of an attempt to abduct Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro have triggered a wave of negative reactions in several countries\u2014reactions that highlight concerns about worsening the crisis and violating international principles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Israeli media say Donald Trump’s actions against Venezuela are aimed at controlling its energy resources, not drug trafficking as claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}