News of israel

Argentina declares Hamas 'international terrorist organisation'

13-07-2024 11:00 Argentina declares Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas an "international terrorist organisation" for the October 7 assault in Israel.

HUMAN RIGHTS

IACHR holds Argentina responsible for for failings over AMIA attack

14-06-2024 17:07 Top human rights court deems Argentine state responsible for not preventing, nor properly investigating, the lethal 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei signs Biden’s statement calling for Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

06-06-2024 12:20 President Javier Milei’s government co-signs US-led statement urging Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal and Israel to accept compromises in a bid to stop the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

‘Wrong’: Argentina slams ICC decision to request Netanyahu’s arrest

23-05-2024 15:37 “Argentina considers the comparison made by the prosecutor of lawful authorities of a democratic State with leaders of a terrorist organisation responsible for brutal crimes wrong and rejects it,” the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

ICC seeks Gaza 'war crimes' arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

20-05-2024 10:41 Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, applies for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina shifts historic position on Palestine as UN member state

10-05-2024 17:12 President Javier Milei's government votes against recognition of Palestinian state at United Nations, breaking with its normal diplomatic position.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Milei's foreign policy based on whims and mystical fantasies

29-04-2024 13:26 Argentina’s president moves the country according to his ideological whims. Why Milei got involved in the Middle East conflict, tensions with China and a meeting that never materialised with Donald Trump.

by Juan Luis González

GEOPOLITICS

Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina, Brazil’s influence in Middle East

27-04-2024 06:32 In the grand chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Argentina and Brazil find themselves limited more by the game's rules than by their own ambitions.

by Sam Forster

Interview

Moving Embassy to Jerusalem is 'important step,’ says Israeli vice-ambassador

27-04-2024 05:12 Adam Levene, Israel’s second-in-command in Buenos Aires, on his nation’s “very special” connection with Argentina and bilateral relations across Latin America.

by Sam Forster

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina, 17 other nations to call on Hamas to release Israeli hostages

25-04-2024 12:55 Argentina signs joint statement calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza; Casa Rosada's release says nation is aligned with "nations of the free world."

AMIA BOMBING PROBE

'Illegal': Iran slams Argentina bid to arrest minister over AMIA attack

24-04-2024 15:21 Tehran condemns "illegal" Argentine request for Interpol to arrest Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi over his alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires.

AMIA BOMBING INVESTIGATION

Argentina seeks arrest of Iranian minister over 1994 AMIA bombing

23-04-2024 23:11 President Javier Milei's government calls for Interpol to assist in the arrest of Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, in connection with the bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre in 1994.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Global calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

19-04-2024 10:55 World leaders appealed for calm on April 19 after reported Israeli retaliation against Iran added to months of tense spillover from the war in Gaza, with Iranian state media reporting explosions in the central province of Isfahan.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel launches strike against Iran, reports US media

18-04-2024 23:55 Israel has launched a strike against Iran in retaliation for its weekend attack, US media reported Thursday night.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

President Milei cuts short international trip over Mideast crisis

13-04-2024 21:56 President Javier Milei is ending his international trip early to handle his country's response to the crisis in the Middle East.

AMIA BOMBING RULING

AMIA bombing: Argentina court holds Iran, Hezbollah responsible

11-04-2024 19:28 Court blames 'terrorist state' Iran for 1990s attacks; Ex-judge Galeano’s sentence reduced, opening the door to lawsuits in international courts, judges ratify attack as crime against humanity.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

UN Security Council demands 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

25-03-2024 11:54 UN Security Council demands 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire for first time; Only United States abstains, 14 other members vote in favour.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

Milei and Judaism

Milei's rabbi reveals how Argentina's president fell in love with Judaism

06-03-2024 14:27 Milei's visit to the Western Wall was one of the first things he did when he arrived in the Holy Land, bringing the leader to tears, reveals

War in Middle East

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

04-03-2024 13:04 Mediators in Cairo push towards a Gaza truce after the US, Israel's top ally, stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting and more aid to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.

Blinken in Brazil

Blinken heads to Brazil after Lula's Israel denunciation

20-02-2024 13:33 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro for the Group of 20 summit; trip seen as an opportunity to build ties with two key leaders

DIPLOMACY

Brazil-Israel row escalates as Lula declared 'persona non grata'

19-02-2024 21:14 Brazil recalls its ambassador from Israel, which declares Lula "persona non grata" after controversial remarks.

War in Gaza

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

13-02-2024 11:33 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Tears, hugs in Tel Aviv after rescue of Israeli-Argentine hostages

12-02-2024 10:06 Israeli special forces in a dramatic overnight raid freed two Argentine-Israeli captives held by Hamas militants since the October 7 attack, in Gaza's densely crowded southern city of Rafah near Egypt.

ANALYSIS

Argentina’s power duo meets at the Vatican after trading insults

11-02-2024 09:55 President Javier Milei and Pope Francis meet after libertarian leader's campaign trail insults.

War in Gaza

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to ready plan to 'evacuate' Rafah

09-02-2024 12:36 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered military officials to draw up plans for "evacuating" Rafah, where half of Gaza's 2.4 million people are currently sheltering

Catholic Church

Argentines at odds: Milei and Pope Francis set to meet

09-02-2024 10:43 Javier Milei will meet Pope Francis for the first time on Sunday, amid seeing Israel as a "natural" ally, having different world views, and formerly calling the Pope an "imbecile" during his campaign.

PRESIDENTIAL TOUR

Milei says terror attack on Israel was 'a new version of Nazism'

08-02-2024 16:22 The President visited one of the Israeli kibbutzes attacked by Hamas and called for the release of the kidnapped hostages.

Milei in Israel

President Milei likens Hamas attack on Israel to the Holocaust

08-02-2024 12:20 Argentina's President Javier Milei on Thursday likened Hamas' attacks on southern Israel to the Holocaust after touring a kibbutz targeted in the October 7 raids.

Milei in Israel

Milei meets with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

07-02-2024 15:16 Two leaders discuss trade opportunities, Milei’s plan to denounce Hamas as a terrorist organisation and potential move of Argentina's Israeli Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Argentina bonds slump as Milei reforms go back to square one

07-02-2024 10:12 Argentina bonds dropped in early trading after President Javier Milei’s reform package was sent back to square one in Congress.

World news

US lawmakers to vote on US$17.6 billion Israel aid bill

06-02-2024 14:33 Congress is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill that would provide $17.6 billion in military aid for Israel, which is strongly supported by the vast majority of lawmakers in both parties

Foreign Policy & Diplomacy

From Israel, Milei announces plan to move Argentina's Embassy to Jerusalem

06-02-2024 11:51 Upon his arrival in Israel, President Javier Milei immediately announced that he plans to move the embassy to Jerusalem; Hamas "strongly condemns" libertarian leader's announcement.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei’s Jerusalem visit signals Argentina’s support of Israel

05-02-2024 18:55 President Javier Milei chose Jerusalem as the destination of his first bilateral trip, underscoring his government’s willingness to bring Argentina closer to Israel.

PRESIDENTIAL TOUR

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and kibbutz attacked by Hamas – Milei's agenda in Israel

05-02-2024 15:21 President Javier Milei departed Buenos Aires on Monday for a week-long trip that will take in Israel and Italy.

Gaza

UN court tells Israel to protect Gazans, avoids ceasefire call

26-01-2024 11:54 United Nations’ top court tells Israel it must act to immediately prevent the killing and harm to innocent Palestinians in an interim ruling that stopped short of demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘Plot’ twist: Court frees trio held over ‘terrorist act’ plan

16-01-2024 14:49 Members of “possible terrorist cell” denounced publicly by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich released due to lack of evidence; Accused must appear before the courts once a month and may not leave Argentina.

World

Woman killed, 17 injured in Israel suspected ramming attack

15-01-2024 13:16 One woman killed and 17 others injured in suspected terrorist car-ramming attack in central Israel.

Global Affairs

Wars to cast pall over meeting of global VIPs in Davos

12-01-2024 10:48 President Javier Milei among the names attending next week's meeting of the world's financial, business and political elite in Davos; Wars in Ukraine and Gaza look set to dominate the conversation.

DIPLOMACY & FOREIGN POLICY

Davos guest-list confirmed with Milei, Blinken, Israeli president set to attend

09-01-2024 12:02 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Middle East leaders will also attend the event in Davos next week, as well as France

CRIME & SECURITY

Police arrest three foreigners on terrorism plot suspicions

04-01-2024 13:19 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich assures that suspected members of a terrorist cell arrested were waiting for "a package from Yemen"; Trio detained on December 30 are believed to be from Syria and Lebanon and at least one had multiple Latin American passports in his possession.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

‘On October 7, the first thing I did was call the Army’ – the Argentine soldiers fighting for Israel

30-12-2023 13:50 Israel has been at war with Hamas since the terror group’s bloody attack on October 7 and its Army has soldiers from every corner of the globe fighting in its ranks. These are the stories of Argentines in the Israel Defense Forces.

by Sabrina Chemen

Christmas message

Pope Francis deplores 'desperate humanitarian situation' in Gaza

26-12-2023 12:03 Pope Francis has deplored the desperate humanitarian situation of Palestinians in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire and the freeing of hostages in his Christmas message.

POLITICS

From ‘spiritual guide’ to ambassador: Axel Wahnish, Milei's rabbi

19-12-2023 14:09 Argentina’s new president set to name Axel Wahnish as his ambassador to Israel; After meeting in 2021, the two have become increasingly close and the rabbi’s move to the Middle East creates concern in Javier Milei’ s inner circle.

by Juan Luis González

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina debuts diplomatic shift under Milei at United Nations

19-12-2023 10:17 Diplomatic shift begins as Milei government takes stronger stance on authoritarian regime at United Nations; Argentina urges "Nicaraguan authorities to immediately release all persons arbitrarily arrested while re-establishing the rights of those deprived of their nationality," in line with European Union countries and the United Kingdom and other nations.

by Juan Gasparini, from Geneva

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Davos, Israel and maybe the Vatican – Milei draws up first foreign trips

14-12-2023 13:15 Local news outlets, citing La Libertad Avanza sources, report Argentina’s new President Javier Milei will attend the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Trips to Israel, Ukraine and potentially the Vatican to visit Pope Francis also being considered.

RELIGION & POLITICS

Milei predicts 'moral revolution' at Hanukkah ceremony in Buenos Aires

13-12-2023 11:12 New president takes part in Jewish Hanukkah festival in Buenos Aires, declaring that "light prevails over darkness" and vowing "a moral revolution" will take place in Argentina.

OPINION

War in Middle East continues to offer nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat

08-12-2023 08:25 Israel has no other alternative but to continue the war until the surrender or total and definitive destruction of Hamas and all its troops.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR

Four more Argentines released from Gaza

29-11-2023 14:18 Dual Argentine citizens Ofelia Roitman, Clara Marman, Gabriela Leimberg and Mia Leimberg released by Hamas.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Argentina welcomes release of six citizens held hostage by Hamas

28-11-2023 14:30 Six citizens with dual nationality released by Palestinian militants; Two groups of three, a mother and two daughters, selected for liberation from kidnapping nightmare.

News of israel

Argentina declares Hamas 'international terrorist organisation'

IACHR holds Argentina responsible for for failings over AMIA attack

Milei signs Biden’s statement calling for Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

‘Wrong’: Argentina slams ICC decision to request Netanyahu’s arrest

ICC seeks Gaza 'war crimes' arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

Argentina shifts historic position on Palestine as UN member state

Milei's foreign policy based on whims and mystical fantasies

Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina, Brazil’s influence in Middle East

Moving Embassy to Jerusalem is 'important step,’ says Israeli vice-ambassador

Argentina, 17 other nations to call on Hamas to release Israeli hostages

'Illegal': Iran slams Argentina bid to arrest minister over AMIA attack

Argentina seeks arrest of Iranian minister over 1994 AMIA bombing

Global calls for calm after reported Israeli strike on Iran

Israel launches strike against Iran, reports US media

President Milei cuts short international trip over Mideast crisis

AMIA bombing: Argentina court holds Iran, Hezbollah responsible

UN Security Council demands 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

Milei's rabbi reveals how Argentina's president fell in love with Judaism

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

Blinken heads to Brazil after Lula's Israel denunciation

Brazil-Israel row escalates as Lula declared 'persona non grata'

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

Tears, hugs in Tel Aviv after rescue of Israeli-Argentine hostages

Argentina’s power duo meets at the Vatican after trading insults

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to ready plan to 'evacuate' Rafah

Argentines at odds: Milei and Pope Francis set to meet

Milei says terror attack on Israel was 'a new version of Nazism'

President Milei likens Hamas attack on Israel to the Holocaust

Milei meets with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

Argentina bonds slump as Milei reforms go back to square one

US lawmakers to vote on US$17.6 billion Israel aid bill

From Israel, Milei announces plan to move Argentina's Embassy to Jerusalem

Milei’s Jerusalem visit signals Argentina’s support of Israel

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and kibbutz attacked by Hamas – Milei's agenda in Israel

UN court tells Israel to protect Gazans, avoids ceasefire call

‘Plot’ twist: Court frees trio held over ‘terrorist act’ plan

Woman killed, 17 injured in Israel suspected ramming attack

Wars to cast pall over meeting of global VIPs in Davos

Davos guest-list confirmed with Milei, Blinken, Israeli president set to attend

Police arrest three foreigners on terrorism plot suspicions

‘On October 7, the first thing I did was call the Army’ – the Argentine soldiers fighting for Israel

Pope Francis deplores 'desperate humanitarian situation' in Gaza

From ‘spiritual guide’ to ambassador: Axel Wahnish, Milei's rabbi

Argentina debuts diplomatic shift under Milei at United Nations

Davos, Israel and maybe the Vatican – Milei draws up first foreign trips

Milei predicts 'moral revolution' at Hanukkah ceremony in Buenos Aires

War in Middle East continues to offer nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat

Four more Argentines released from Gaza

Argentina welcomes release of six citizens held hostage by Hamas

Double blow for Milei: Senate passes university bill, blocks SIDE cash

Havanna, maker of Argentina’s famed alfajor treats, explores unit sale

Aviation worker strike in Argentina affects more than 30,000 passengers

‘Pauta oficial cero’? – No state advertising is a lie that suits Milei

Pope Francis says he hasn’t decided whether he will visit Argentina

El padre del Javier Milei firmó un acuerdo para ceder 2800 hectáreas a una comunidad indígena

Murió Avelino Porto, fundador de la Universidad de Belgrano y ministro de Carlos Menem

Jonatan Viale y Eduardo Feinmann hablaron del video de la nena rociada con gas pimienta y apuntaron a funcionarios

Tres pilotos de Aerolíneas Argentinas fueron despedidos por negarse a operar dos aviones que debían ser devueltos

Efecto Uber: devolvieron el 20% de las chapas de taxis en Córdoba