Argentina

Argentina names IRGC as terrorist group, triggering financial sanctions

Argentina designates Iran's IRGC as a terrorist organization, citing the 1992 and 1994 attacks on Israeli targets in Buenos Aires. The decision triggers sanctions and restrictions.

Names of those killed in the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish center, which left 85 dead and 300 injured, mark the front of the AMIA Center in Argentina.
A man holds up a portrait of Luis German Cirigliano, who disappeared during Argentina's 'Dirty war', during a demonstration to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 1976 military coup in Buenos Aires, March 24, 2016.

50 years after the Dirty War, Argentinians remember the Jews who ‘disappeared’

Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks at Yeshiva University in Manhattan, in New York City, US, March 9, 2026.

Argentina assumes presidency of IHRA, commits to fighting antisemitism

Argentina's President Javier Milei speaks at Yeshiva University in Manhattan, in New York City, US, March 9, 2026.

As Milei celebrates ties with Jews, Argentine streamer draws fire for mocking his Israel support


2,000-year-old ‘Freedom of Zion’ coin unearthed in Jerusalem stuns Milei

“The roots of Judaism and Christianity, followed today by billions of people around the world, originate right here — from Jerusalem.”

Argentina's Prime Minister Javier Milei receives the Genesis Prize at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2025.

Ending Israel's isolation: Milei receives Genesis Prize in Jerusalem for historic 'Isaac Accords'

President Isaac Herzog and Genesis Prize Foundation chairman Stan Polovets presented the award, praising Milei as a “moral voice of clarity” on the international stage.

 Argentina's Prime Minister Javier Milei receives the Genesis Prize at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem, June 12, 2025.

'Bringing back hostages Argentina's top priority': Milei meets with former hostages, family members

Those who met with Milei include released hostages Yarden Bibas and Karina Engel-Bart, the latter being released during the hostage deal in November 2023.

 Javier Milei meets with former hostages, captives' family members at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on June 11, 2025.

Argentina will move embassy to Jerusalem, Milei announces at Israel's Knesset

Argentinian President Javier Milei criticized what he called a “corruption” of Western values, arguing that the global Left has lost its moral compass and was “siding with Hamas.”

 Argentinian President Javier Milei and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem on June 11, 2025.

‘Israel is a lighthouse of freedom’: Argentinian President Milei meets Netanyahu and Herzog

Milei reaffirmed Argentina’s “unwavering commitment” to Israel and described the partnership as grounded in shared democratic values.

 Argentina President Javier Milei with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

Milei in Jerusalem: A diplomatic lifeline amid growing isolation - analysis

Milei’s visit offers Israel a rare diplomatic respite—a moment of warmth and alignment in an otherwise chilly international climate.

 Argentinian President Javier Milei visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 9, 2025

The king and the rabbi: How Milei’s spiritual quest made him Israel’s strongest ally - comment

“What I saw in Judaism,” Milei explained after a visit to the Western Wall last year, “was the constant search for truth and spirituality, an endless journey of growth.”

 Argentinian President Javier Milei visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's OId City, on June 9, 2025.

Israel is 'cause of the West,' Javier Milei says during Western Wall visit

Milei declared, “My support for Israel comes from the heart, because I believe this is a just cause—the cause of the West. I will always stand by your side.”

 Argentinian President Javier Milei visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, on June 9, 2025.

A pink world: Light wines that mean business

Talia Levin recovers from the Shavuot holiday with three rosé wines — two from Argentina and one from Israel.

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Grapevine, June 8, 2025: Havens for strange bedfellows

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 URI BEN-ARI teaches a lesson on Israeli history in an ImagineBox classroom.