Jared Kushner, in Buenos Aires for G20, commemorates AMIA Jewish center attack

BUENOS AIRES — White House senior adviser Jared Kushner pays tribute to the victims of the 1994 attack on AMIA, the Buenos Aires Jewish community center.

Kushner, the Jewish son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, is part of the US delegation to the G20 summit. He visits the rebuilt headquarters of the building that houses AMIA, the Jewish political umbrella DAIA, and the Argentina Zionist Organization. The building was destroyed by a car bomb in a suicide attack that killed 85 and injured more than two hundred.

Kushner is received by AMIA President Agustin Zbar, who thanks the US for its commitment to the AMIA victims and the positions it has taken against Iran.

According to Argentina’s justice department, Iran and Hezbollah are linked to the attack and also are responsible for a 1992 attack targeting the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires that killed 29.

Earlier this year, Argentina froze the assets of a suspected Hezbollah fundraising network. Alleged Hezbollah operative Assad Ahmad Barakat was subsequently arrested near Brazil’s border with Argentina and Paraguay.

— JTA