President Isaac Herzog presents his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei with the Genesis Prize during a ceremony in Jerusalem.
Milei was awarded the prize, sometimes referred to as “the Jewish Nobel Prize,” for reversing Argentina’s historic anti-Israel positions at the UN, designating Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist groups, and reopening investigations into past anti-Jewish attacks, the Genesis Prize Foundation has said. The Genesis Prize committee also cited his success in stabilizing Argentina’s economy and achieving a fiscal surplus.
Prior to the award ceremony, Herzog and Milei marked the birthday of Hamas hostage Ariel Cunio, who has Argentinian citizenship, and also met with Argentine-born rescued captive Louis Har.
Two other Israeli-Argentine dual-nationals also remain in captivity: Ariel’s brother David Cunio and Eitan Horn. A fourth, Lior Rudaeff, was killed on October 7, 2023, and his remains have been held in Gaza since.
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