Some Argentine Jews aim to revoke FM’s AMIA membership

After Nisman’s death, petitioners say Hector Timerman should be expelled from Jewish group for his role in controversial 2013 pact with Iran

By JTA 29 January 2015, 2:54 am Edit

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two member parties of AMIA have requested that Argentina’s foreign minister, Hector Timerman, be expelled from the Jewish organization.

On Tuesday, Plural Jai and AMIA Es De Todos sent AMIA President Leonardo Jmelnitzky formal requests to revoke the Jewish Timerman’s membership for his role in brokering a pact with Iran in 2013 to jointly investigate the deadly 1994 bombing at the group’s center. The pact has been widely criticized.

AMIA’s elected members help implement Jewish initiatives throughout Argentina.

The requests followed a Holocaust commemoration ceremony at the AMIA building.

Timerman was named with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s 300-page complaint claiming a cover-up of Iran’s role in the bombing, which killed 85 and injured hundreds. Nisman was found shot dead several days after filing the complaint.

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