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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 527

Argentina

People wave orange handkerchiefs in honor of the Bibas children as they demonstrate for the release of all remaining hostages held in Gaza since Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught on Israel, in Buenos Aires on February 24, 2025. (JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)
February 25, 2025, 5:39 pm
Buenos Aires Jews hold massive demonstration on behalf of Bibas family
Some 15,000 take to the streets to commemorate the dual Israeli-Argentine citizens killed and held captive by Hamas, and to thank President Javier Milei for his support for Israel
By Michelle Mendeluk
From the trials of Adolf Eichmann, which will be examined in 'Eichmann -- The Devil Speaks,' the first series produced by Tadmor Entertainment and MGM (Courtesy GPO)
February 24, 2025, 1:50 am
Argentine president opening files on Nazi ‘ratlines’ that trafficked Eichmann, Mengele
Up to 10,000 Nazi war criminals fled Europe using these escape routes. Javier Milei pledges to declassify files related to how his country settled 5,000 of them
By Matt Lebovic
The Transamerica Pyramid Center in San Francisco is illuminated in orange in memory of the Bibas family, February 21, 2025. (Foreign Ministry)
February 22, 2025, 11:36 pm
Landmarks, monuments worldwide light up in orange in memory of Bibas family
Argentina’s Obelisco illuminated with photo of murdered family, Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer glows orange, and Myanmar’s only synagogue is draped with orange banner
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A man in northern Israel holds a sign portraying Shiri Silberstein Bibas, whose body Hamas falsely claimed to have released, and her sons, Ariel, 4, and baby Kfir, whose remains were in fact handed over, on February 20, 2025. His sign reads 'The Bibas family: We will not forgive and we will not forget!' (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
February 21, 2025, 2:30 pm
US threatens ‘annihilation’ after Hamas returns bodies of Bibas boys without their mother
Argentina declares 2 days of mourning as terror group returns bodies of dual-citizens Ariel, 4, and baby Kfir, along with body that Hamas falsely claimed was mother Shiri Bibas
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Argentinian President Javier Milei visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on February 6, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 2:01 pm
Argentina’s Milei wins ‘Jewish Nobel’ for Israel support, in break with tradition
South American president, who says he plans to convert to Judaism after leaving office, becomes first non-Jew and first head of state awarded $1 million Genesis Prize
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Yuval Vagdani, the Israeli soldier who was forced to flee Brazil after a war crimes probe was opened against him by the Brazilian government. (Social media; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
January 8, 2025, 4:55 pm
IDF soldier who escaped war crimes investigation in Brazil arrives in Israel
Yuval Vagdani was subject of probe for allegedly filming himself destroying residential building in Gaza; says having to flee Brazil ‘felt a little like a bullet in the heart’
By ToI Staff
An UN soldier stands on the top of a tower at a base of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the Israeli-Lebanese border as seen from northern Israel, November 19, 2024. (Leo Correa/AP)
November 19, 2024, 10:45 pm
Argentina pulls out of UNIFIL as rockets hit southern Lebanon peacekeeping mission
Blue Helmets say rocket fired ‘most likely by non-state actors’ hits base, injuring 4 Ghanaian soldiers; base workshop damaged in 2nd incident; IDF says Hezbollah to blame for both
By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
Argentine police confiscate Nazi weapons and memorabilia from a home in the city of Quilmes, November 15, 2024. (X screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 16, 2024, 2:27 am
Argentina police seize large arsenal of Nazi firearms, Hitler-era memorabilia
Authorities say that among the items they confiscated are rifles with Nazi eagle markings, military gear and busts of the Third Reich dictator
By Reuters
Argentinian President Javier Milei (L) and his new Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein stand during the latter's swearing-in ceremony at Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires on November 4, 2024. (Argentinian Presidency / AFP)
November 5, 2024, 11:20 pm
At swearing-in ceremony, Argentina’s president compares Jewish FM to biblical Abraham
Inaugurating Gerardo Werthein, Javier Milei likens him to patriach who had a ‘responsibility to bring messages of Torah, life and freedom to the world’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Argentina's ambassador to the US, Gerardo Werthein, vapes during a Hanukkah event in Buenos Aires on December 12, 2023. (Juan Mabromata/AFP)
November 2, 2024, 6:37 am
Argentina’s Javier Milei selects Jewish envoy to US as replacement for FM he fired
Argentina president taps Gerardo Werthein to serve as his top diplomat, after axing Diana Mondino for not joining US and Israel in opposing UN condemnation of US embargo on Cuba
By Juan Melamed
Antisemitic graffiti is seen on a monument in Buenos Aires on October 9, 2024. (Federico Ballán/X)
October 10, 2024, 9:36 pm
‘Serve the nation, kill a Jew’ graffitied on prominent Buenos Aires monument
Antisemitic slogan, which has long history on Argentina’s far right, written on monument to independence hero Simon Bolivar days after Oct. 7 anniversary
By Juan Melamed
People hold photos of bombing victims as sirens blare during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP/Natacha Pisarenko)
July 19, 2024, 9:55 am
30 years after AMIA bombing, Argentina’s Jews balance pain with hope for justice
After court ruled Iran and Hezbollah were behind 1994 community center bombing, Milei vows to reopen investigations into attack after decades of stonewalling and inaction
By Juan Melamed
President Isaac Herzog and Argentinian President Javier Milei tour Kibbutz Nir Oz on February 8, 2024. (Maayan Toaf / GPO)
July 13, 2024, 6:39 am
Argentina brands Hamas a terror group, citing October 7 and its close ties to Iran
Milei vows ‘unwavering commitment to recognizing terrorists for what they are’; move comes days before 30th anniversary of AMIA bombing, which Buenos Aires has blamed on Tehran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Gil Pereg meows during his murder trial in Argentina, 2020. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 8, 2024, 9:15 am
Israeli who murdered mother and aunt in Argentina dies in prison
Psychiatric facility where Gil Pereg was serving life sentence will conduct autopsy to determine exact cause of death
By ToI Staff
Firemen and policemen search for wounded people after a bomb exploded at the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA in Spanish) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18, 1994. (Ali Burafi/AFP)
June 15, 2024, 2:49 pm
Court: Argentina failed to prevent or properly probe 1994 Jewish center bombing
Top human rights court says Buenos Aires also tried to cover up and obstruct the investigation into the AMIA attack that killed 85 people
By Alberto PEÑA
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