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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

Javier Milei

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
Argentine President Javier Milei addresses the World Jewish Congress prior to the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish center that killed 85 people in Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
July 18, 2024, 2:42 pm
Argentina’s Milei vows to pursue long-neglected justice for 1994 AMIA center bombing
On 30th anniversary of attack, blamed on Iran and Hezbollah, that killed 85 at Jewish center in Buenos Aires, president commits to boosting intel system so it can never recur
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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 at the Shul of Bal Harbor in Surfside, Florida, on April 10, 2024, (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 12, 2024, 12:45 am
Argentina’s Javier Milei tells Miami shul he has Jewish heritage
Pro-Israel politician reveals his grandfather learned shortly before dying that his mother was a Jew, in latest Jewish-related development for the philosemitic Argentine president
By Juan Melamed
Argentina's new president Javier Milei waves as he arrives accompanied by vice president Victoria Villarruel (C-L) and members of his cabinet to attend an interfaith ceremony at the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Buenos Aires, on December 10, 2023. (Juan Mabromata / AFP)
February 23, 2024, 10:26 am
Argentina Jewish umbrella group denounces decision to shut anti-discrimination office
President Javier Milei says INADI being closed as part of nationwide austerity measures, though he has also accused office of engaging in ‘ideological persecution’
By Juan Melamed
President Isaac Herzog and Argentinian President Javier Milei tour Kibbutz Nir Oz on February 8, 2024. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)
February 8, 2024, 8:06 pm
Argentina’s Milei sees echoes of Holocaust on visit to shattered kibbutz
Accompanied by Herzog, president visits Nir Oz, which dozens of Argentinean immigrants called home prior to October 7, when a quarter of residents were killed or kidnapped by Hamas
By ToI Staff
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
Illustrative image of police standing outside the airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 25, 2018. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
January 3, 2024, 12:31 pm
3 Lebanese, Syrian nationals arrested in Buenos Aires airport over alleged terror plot
Suspects linked to suspicious package from Yemen, as security forces said to be on high alert due to Maccabi games in Argentine capital
By ToI Staff
Argentina's President Javier Milei waves at a lighting of a menorah on Hanukkah in Buenos Aires on December 12, 2023. (Juan Mabromata/AFP)
December 30, 2023, 4:32 pm
Argentine President Milei expresses solidarity with Israel at Jewish sports event
Right-wing, pro-Israel firebrand shares ‘unalterable commitment’ to State of Israel, Jewish people ‘in their fight against Islamic terrorism, for peace and freedom’
By Juan Melamed
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
Argentina's Javier Milei hands a Hanukkah menorah to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky during Milei's inaugural ceremonies in Buenos Aires, Dec. 10, 2023. (Screenshot from Argentinean national TV broadcast via JTA)
December 11, 2023, 3:34 am
Argentina’s Javier Milei cites Hanukkah at inauguration, gifts menorah to Zelensky
In inaugural address, new right-wing president displays prominent fascination with Judaism, invokes story of Maccabees as he celebrates improbable victory last month
By Juan Melamed
Argentina's president-elect, Javier Milei, second right, visits the Montefiore Cemetery after praying next to Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis at the resting place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in New York, November 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
November 28, 2023, 1:40 pm
Argentina’s president-elect visits Lubavitcher rebbe’s grave
Javier Milei, a Catholic who wants to convert to Judaism after his term in office, thanks late Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi Schneerson for election win
By Juan Melamed
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
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