Argentina’s Milei lands in Israel, heads to Western Wall to meet Netanyahu

By Lazar Berman

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19 April 2026, 1:13 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Argentinian President Javier Milei lands at Ben Gurion Airport for a three-day visit to Israel, during which he is not expected to make any dramatic announcement about moving his country’s embassy to Jerusalem.

Milei, one of Israel’s most ardent supporters on the international stage, will head directly to the Western Wall to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and will also meet President Isaac Herzog during his visit.

Tomorrow, Milei will receive an honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan University.

This will be the third visit to Israel as leader by the libertarian Milei, an ardent defender of the policies of both Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

Milei, who was raised in a Catholic family but studied Jewish scripture, has cheered the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

Last month, he called Israel a “strategic ally” of Argentina with “shared values.”

Milei’s government recently expelled Tehran’s diplomatic envoy after Iran objected to Argentina calling the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.