FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY 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.
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.
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.
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
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."
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 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.
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.
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
Milei in Israel Milei visits the home of nine-month-old baby taken hostage in Hamas attack 08-02-2024 15:08 President Javier Milei on Thursday visited the house of Kfir Bibas, the nine-month Israeli-Argentine baby who was kidnapped during terror attack by Hamas on kibbutz in southern Israel.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
Anti-Semitism allegations Roger Waters says he has no hotel in Argentina and Uruguay due to ‘Israeli lobby boycott’ 15-11-2023 14:47 British musician and former Pink Floyd frontman, a well-known pro-Palestinian activist, said Wednesday that he had nowhere to stay in Buenos Aires and Montevideo for his upcoming tour dates as a result of a "boycott" against him organised by the "Israeli lobby."
Anti-Semitism allegations Jewish students at UBA concerned by rising anti-Semitism on campus 14-11-2023 18:18 Group of students at the University of Buenos Aires complain about rising anti-Semitism: “We’re scolded in corridors, we’re called damned Jews, and the authorities do nothing.”
Terrorism in Latin America Hezbollah operations in South America: what we know 10-11-2023 18:42 Here is what we know – and don't – about Hezbollah's presence in South America, which the United States has called a major security risk.
As I see it What Israel is up against 10-11-2023 14:42 While there can be no doubt that on October 7 the Israelis let their guard slip, the complacency many had evidently come to feel now belongs to the past. by James Neilson
GUEST VOICE Will you remain silent? 09-11-2023 00:29 React. Don't be silent. There is still time. by Dr. Ariel Gelblung
ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR Demo calls for Hamas hostage release, month on from attack 07-11-2023 16:16 Organisations tie plush toys and teddies to Buenos Aires' famed Obelisk monument to draw attention the 40 babies, children and teenagers that have been hostage by Hamas since October 7. Among them, four Argentines aged between nine months and nineteen years.
OPINION Requiem to an era 04-11-2023 05:15 'Learn the lesson that if you are going to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe,' said Bernard of Clairvaux. by Martín A. Morgenstern
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST Anti-Semitism fears grow amid Israel-Hamas war 03-11-2023 10:21 More than 100 complaints of anti-Semitism have been reported to DAIA Jewish organisation since outbreak of war in Middle East; 'Star of David' graffiti on building in Caballito ramps up discrimination fears as Jewish schools issue uniform warning. by Montserrat Pagan
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST Argentina condemns Israeli attack on refugee camp in Gaza Strip 02-11-2023 12:14 Foreign Ministry says “nothing justifies the violation of international humanitarian law, and the obligation to protect the civilian population” in wake of attack on Jabalia refugee camp; Massa distances himself from government statement.
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, Colombia and Chile recall envoys 01-11-2023 16:01 Bolivia said on Tuesday it was severing diplomatic ties with Israel over its "disproportionate" attacks in Gaza, as Chile and Colombia recall ambassadors over mounting humanitarian crisis.
ELECTION 2023 Massa says he will list Hamas as terrorist organisation if elected 31-10-2023 16:41 At the DAIA Delegation of Israeli-Argentine Associations gathering, the ruling party candidate assured that the attack by the Palestinian group was “terrorism”.
WAR in MIDDLE EAST Argentina says 9-month-old baby among Hamas hostages 27-10-2023 17:10 Detail confirmed was confirmed by Francisco Tropepi, Chargé d'affaires of the Argentine Embassy in Tel Aviv, who stated that he is the youngest victim kidnapped by the terrorist group.
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST Hamas holding 21 Argentines hostage, confirms Foreign Ministry 26-10-2023 00:34 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires intensifies dialogue with countries in the Middle East region to secure the release of the captives being held by terrorists in Gaza Strip.
ISRAEL-PALESTINE WAR Paris poster activists aim to keep Hamas's hostages in public eye 23-10-2023 16:18 In cities across the globe, activists are plastering the walls with headshots of Israelis and others who were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, in a bid to keep their fate in the public eye.
GUEST COLUMN Conflict in Middle East is not a war between Muslims and Jews 20-10-2023 17:50 The conflict between Hamas and Israel is not a war between Muslims and Jews. Both Judaism and Islam are not a threat to each other's existence but are guarantors of universal brotherhood and peaceful coexistence. by Marwan Gill
WAR IN MIDDLE EAST Teary return from Israel for young Argentines 15-10-2023 21:34 First flight of evacuees, mostly young, returning from Israel arrives at Ezeiza International Airport.
ARGENTINES EVACUATED Argentines evacuated from Israel begin to arrive in Rome 12-10-2023 18:01 Argentina, Latin American country with the largest Jewish population, starts evacuating more than 1,400 of its citizens from Israel; Three Air Force flights a day will take them to Rome before state-owned airline Aerolíneas Argentinas will fly them to Buenos Aires; Foreign Ministry confirms that seven nationals were killed and another 15 others are missing.
GUEST COLUMN Be careful women and children 10-10-2023 13:48 There is no doubt that being a woman, thinking, wanting to study and daring to express ideas are unforgivable crimes in the Islam of the Iranian Ayatollahs and their Taliban cousins. by Martín A. Morgenstern
VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST Jewish groups, supporters stage march in support of Israel 09-10-2023 21:00 According to Argentina's Foreign Ministry, at least seven Argentine citizens have been killed in Israel, with another 15 people reported missing.
MIDDLE EAST Four Argentines murdered by Hamas in Israel, three feared missing 09-10-2023 17:04 Four Argentines have lost their lives in Israel as a result of terrorist attacks by the Hamas militant group, with authorities trying to locate three other Argentines who are missing.
CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST Colombia's Petro compares Gaza siege to 'Nazism' 09-10-2023 16:44 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro compares Israel's targeting of Gaza in retaliation for deadly attacks by militant group Hamas to the Nazi persecution of Jews.
CRIME & SECURITY – ANALYSIS Maximum alert at Triple Frontier after Hamas’ attacks in Israel 09-10-2023 15:31 Area taking in triple border junction of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, according to different international relations analysts, “a mini state benefitting from a corrupt elite while maintaining a large and efficient money-laundering hub for organised crime and terrorist groups.”
MIDDLE EAST Israel imposes total siege on Gaza after Hamas attack 09-10-2023 11:41 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to "change the Middle East" in Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, as the army pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Leaders in Argentina condemn attack on Israel, call for 'end of violence' 07-10-2023 12:51 Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires deplores "armed attacks from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel" and calls for peace; Presidential candidates condemn violence and killing.
MIDDLE EAST Israel and Gaza at war after Hamas launches surprise attack 07-10-2023 12:45 Countries around the world have condemned a wave of Palestinian attacks on Israel by land, sea and air that have left at least 70 dead and hundreds wounded on Saturday.