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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 423

Israel-Argentina relations

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
Then-presidential hopeful Javier Milei holds an Israeli flag during his campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, October 16, 2023. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
June 3, 2024, 10:59 am
Argentinian president’s surprising devotion to Judaism and Israel provokes tension
Javier Milei has made an emotional visit to the Western Wall and supported the Israeli campaign against Hamas, but some fret that his pro-Jewish posturing could stir trouble
By AP and ToI Staff
Argentine President Javier Milei, right, hugs Argentine Sephardic Orthodox rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, February 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
April 15, 2024, 3:03 am
Meet Argentina’s Axel Wahnish, first-ever rabbi to be appointed ambassador to Israel
The spiritual leader reportedly had a deeply moving personal audience with then-rising star Javier Milei, whose election as president could now put him in the diplomatic corps
By Juan Melamed
Argentinian President Javier Milei visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on February 6, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 6, 2024, 6:16 pm
In first bilateral visit, Argentina’s Milei says he will move embassy to Jerusalem
Accompanied by his rabbi, pro-Israel leader tells President Herzog that his country is working to declare Hamas a terror organization
By Lazar Berman
Rabbi Tzvi Grunblatt (L) and Argentina's President Javier Milei (2-R) gesture before lighting a giant menorah for Hanukkah, in Buenos Aires on December 12, 2023. (Juan Mabromata/AFP)
December 13, 2023, 5:10 am
Lighting menorah, Argentina’s new president says ‘forces of heaven’ will back Israel
Javier Milei, who is fascinated with Judaism, attends Hanukkah event alongside several hostages released by Hamas during recent ceasefire
By AFP
Presidential candidate of the Liberty Advances coalition Javier Milei arrives to vote in the presidential runoff election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
November 20, 2023, 2:16 am
Outsider Javier Milei wins Argentina’s presidential election; is firm backer of Israel
Political newcomer has surged from obscurity to oust long-dominant Peronist coalition and its candidate Sergio Massa; has said he’d move embassy to Jerusalem
By AFP and ToI Staff
Police officers stand guard on Mayo Avenue in Buenos Aires after the Israeli embassy received a bomb threat, Oct. 18, 2023 (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
October 19, 2023, 8:50 am
US and Israeli embassies hit with bomb threats in Buenos Aires
Argentina boosts security at locations as well as at Jewish institutions; local Jewish leader: ‘They are coming for democracy, not only Jews,’ but ‘we are not canceling anything’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Argentinian poet Jorge Luis Borges holds a press conference while in Madrid, Spain, in 1963. (Getty Images via JTA)
November 11, 2022, 12:38 am
Renowned author’s passion for Israel, Judaism showcased in Buenos Aires
Jorge Luis Borges exhibit in Argentina National Library, co-organized by local Israeli embassy, set to feature events discussing Jewish themes in non-Jewish author’s work
By Juan Melamed
Police officers confiscate a box of documents during a judicial raid at the Plaza Central Hotel where the crew of a Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane are staying, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
June 18, 2022, 10:55 am
Iranian aboard plane grounded in Argentina is captain in Quds Force, says Paraguay
Paraguayan intelligence chief says Captain Gholamreza Ghasemi is member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ expeditionary arm; Argentina security minister won’t comment on ‘conjecture’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Venezuelan-owned Boeing 747 taxis on the runway after landing in the Ambrosio Taravella airport in Cordoba, Argentina, June 6, 2022. (AP/Sebastian Borsero)
June 17, 2022, 10:35 am
Israel ‘concerned’ by Iran airline activity in S. America, hails Argentina response
Argentine officials have raised suspicions of link between grounded flight and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
By Agencies
Sergio Uribarri in 2007 (Secretaría de Comunicación del Gobierno de Entre Ríos/Wikimedia commons)
April 9, 2022, 2:40 am
Argentina’s ambassador to Israel resigns after corruption conviction
Sergio Uribarri, who is still in Israel, sentenced to 8 years in jail for misusing $8 million in funds while he was governor of Entre Ríos province; he decries ‘injustice’
By AP
Firemen and rescue workers walk through the debris after a terrorist attack on Israel's embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 17, 1992. (Don Rypka/AP)
March 18, 2022, 10:16 am
Warning against Iran deal, Israel marks 30 years since attack on Argentina embassy
Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar, in Buenos Aires, says it is Israel’s ‘moral duty’ to pursue Tehran for its backing of terror group that killed 29 in 1992 bombing
By ToI Staff
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez waves to supporters from the terrace of the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Marcos Brindicci)
January 21, 2020, 7:13 pm
Argentina’s new president to arrive in Israel as his first foreign visit
Alberto Fernandez attending World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem
By JTA
A campaign banner for Argentine politician Alejandro Biondini. (Twitter)
May 28, 2019, 7:36 pm
Anti-Semitic Argentine politician kicks off campaign, vows to expel Israel envoy
‘This is Argentina … this is not Israel’ ultra-nationalist Alejandro Biondini tells Jewish community; in the past he has praised Hitler, condemned ‘genocidal Zionism’
By JTA
Argentine former federal judge Juan Jose Galeano looks on before being found guilty during his trial over accusations of attempting to block the 1994 AMIA bombing investigation, in Buenos Aires, on February 28, 2019. (Juan Mabromata/AFP)
March 1, 2019, 12:25 am
Ex-judge, others jailed over cover-up of Argentina Jewish center attack probe
Former intel chief also ordered to prison, but ex-president Carlos Menem acquitted as four-year trial into allegations of meddling in investigation of AMIA bombing wraps up
By Agencies
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