美国军队在六个月前推翻了委内瑞拉领导人尼古拉斯·马杜罗，德尔西·罗德里格斯随后成为临时总统 [1]。尽管该国曾长期视以色列为敌——2009 年查韦斯政府便与以色列断绝了外交关系 [1]——但罗德里格斯政府正通过一系列举措试图重建双边关系，其核心动机被分析认为旨在巩固权力、争取美国支持并削弱主要政治对手玛丽亚·科里纳·马查多，而非基于意识形态认同 [1]。
在 2 月下旬，委内瑞拉外交部发表声明呼吁“对话”，未直接谴责华盛顿或特拉维夫对伊朗的打击行动 [1]。4 月时，临时总统向委内瑞拉犹太社区和首席拉比以撒·科恩发送了逾越节问候以示友好 [1]。6 月地震发生后，委内瑞拉感谢以色列派遣救灾团队，这标志着两国高层接触时隔 17 年再次出现 [1]。此外，罗德里格斯政府还引渡了两名被指控与真主党有关联的人员：阿里·扎基·哈吉·贾利尔和亚历克斯·萨布 [1]。
The United States military ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro six months ago, installing Delsy Rodríguez as the interim president [1]. Although Venezuela had severed diplomatic ties with Israel in 2009 under Hugo Chávez and maintained an adversarial stance for decades, the new administration has pursued a strategic shift to improve relations [1]. This pivot aims to consolidate power, secure U.S. support, and weaken political rival María Corina Machado by cutting off links between Caracas and Iran or Hezbollah [1].
In February, Venezuela's foreign ministry issued a statement calling for "dialogue" without directly condemning Washington or Tel Aviv regarding their strikes on Iran . In April, the interim president sent Passover greetings to Venezuelan Jewish communities and Chief Rabbi Isaac Cohen . Following an earthquake in June, Caracas thanked Israel for deploying disaster relief teams, marking high-level contact between the two nations for the first time in 17 years . Additionally, Rodríguez's government extradited Ali Zaki Hajj Jalil and Alex Sabu, who were accused of having ties to Hezbollah . These actions collectively signal a survival strategy rather than ideological conviction.