“I am sincerely proud to be the most Zionist president in the world," Argentinian President Javier Milei said, reaffirming his support for Israel and the Jewish people during an address at Yeshiva University on Monday, pushing back against critics and proudly claiming the mantle of the world's most pro-Israel head of state.
Speaking behind a podium bearing the seal of Yeshiva University, Milei addressed criticisms from political theorists regarding his staunch foreign policy alignment. "Hoppe [referencing libertarian theorist Hans-Hermann Hoppe] is bothered that I am a strong supporter of Israel," Milei told the audience before delivering his definitive statement of support.
The declaration was met with enthusiastic applause from the crowd, further cementing the Argentine leader's deep ideological and spiritual connection to the Jewish state.
Beyond his political support for Israel, Milei used the address to delve into his philosophical worldview, explicitly rooting the core principles of Western civilization: life, liberty, and property, in the Torah and the Ten Commandments.
"For us, and that's written in the tablets of the law: stealing is wrong, killing is wrong," Milei stated. He went on to explain how the concept of freedom is deeply embedded in the biblical narrative of the Exodus. Citing the first commandment, he noted, "Freedom is enshrined... when it says, 'I am the creator, 'I mean, I am not reproducing it verbatim, you know why, let's say, 'the one who took you out of Egypt.' In other words, freedom is enshrined, life is enshrined, and property is enshrined."
Milei, an anarcho-capitalist who has long expressed a deep personal interest in Judaism and has frequently sought the counsel of rabbis, made it clear that these biblical principles are absolute.
Milei: Biblical values are 'non-negotiable'
"Those values are non-negotiable," the Argentine president emphasized. "There are things that we are not willing to negotiate. And it is on these values that the civilizing feat of the West has been built."
Taking a firm stance against modern philosophical trends, Milei rejected moral relativism, arguing instead for an objective moral truth derived from religious texts. "There is no moral relativism for everything. No, there is a set of basic values that cannot be violated. And those values are found in the Holy Scriptures," he concluded.
Since taking office, Milei has dramatically shifted Argentina's foreign policy to align more closely with the United States and Israel. He notably visited Israel shortly after his election, praying at the Western Wall and meeting with top Israeli officials, and has promised to move the Argentinian embassy to Jerusalem.