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An official announcement of the long-awaited move will be made during Argentine President Javiel Milei’s June 9-11 visit to Israel, according to Argentina’s Ambassador to Israel.
The American Jewish Committee said the South American country has displayed “clear anti-Israel bias and blatant disregard for the safety of Chile’s Jewish population.”
Some 280 women from 15 countries came to Israel with Momentum to bear witness to the horrors of Oct. 7, 2023, and become “change agents.”
Organizers say Milei will donate the prize money to launch an initiative aimed at improving diplomatic relations between Israel and Latin American countries and fighting antisemitism in the region.
83 boxes of Nazi material sent from Tokyo in 1941 were rediscovered after 84 years—shedding light on Argentina’s role in postwar Nazi escape routes.
“At the moment there is still a very significant bloc—the largest in Congress—aligned with former president Christina Fernandez de Kirchner, that are not in favor of moving the embassy,” Alejandro Finocchiaro told JNS.
Ecuador’s president meets Netanyahu, opens innovation center, and pledges support for Israel in joint fight against terrorism and for democracy.
President Noboa’s Israel visit highlights alliance, calls for hostage release and joint efforts against terrorism.
The South American leader will address the Knesset and sign a memorandum of understanding.
The embassy released a similar notice ahead of a pro-Palestinian protest in the city on March 21.
Saudi reports indicate that the terror group has instructed its field commanders to relocate to South America.
Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar, appointed head of the religions department at the Columbian Interior Ministry, has inveighed on X against “Israeli Nazism” and called for “standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people.”