Javier Milei

Grapevine, April 24, 2026: Israel loves Milei!

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Alon Ohel (right) accompanied by his brother, Ron.
ARGENTINIAN PRESIDENT Javier Milei sings during an Independence Day ceremony this week in Jerusalem. His grandfather found out he was Jewish a short time before he passed away.

Editor's Notes: Milei’s torch should push Israel to think about its extra nine million

US President Donald Trump waves to the media after walking off of Air Force One at Miami International Airport on April 11, 2026 in Miami, Florida.

Trump, in absentia, becomes first non-Israeli to receive Israel’s top civilian honor

People covered with Israeli national flags walk onto Rabin square to take part in the celebrations for Israel's Independence Day at its 65th anniversary of the creation of the state in Tel Aviv

Ben-Gvir leaves Independence Day ceremony after sitting in Milei's seat, being asked to switch


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.

Netanyahu: Significant progress on Gaza hostage deal, too soon to give people hope

The Hostage Families Forum responded to Netanyahu's remarks, where they urged the prime minister to reach a deal to free their loved ones. 

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a backdrop of Qatar and a hostage deal protest in Israel.

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.

Editor's Notes: Could the Abraham Accords get a Latin twist? Argentina's amb. says yes

“Our two countries aren’t merely partners. We’re brothers who share the same values of liberty and democracy,” the Argentinian ambassador said.

We face the same enemies—Hamas, Hezbollah, Iranian proxies—and we lean on the same pillars of freedom.’ Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish, Argentine Ambassador to Israel in his Jerusalem residence on Thursday.

Milei to receive $1m. Genesis prize at Knesset for Latin America–Israel outreach - exclusive

The Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF) selected Milei earlier this year for what it called his “unequivocal support” of the Jewish state.

 Javier Milei at the Western Wall, February 6, 2024

Javier Milei delays Israel visit due to domestic issues, new date unclear

Milei's support for Israel has not wavered, and will travel to Israel as at least one Argentine citizen, Eitan Horn, remains in captivity.

 Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Argentinian President Javier Milei

Javier Milei: Israel's unorthodox, eccentric, 'loco' uncle from Argentina - opinion

Javier Milei becoming president of Argentina more than a year ago unexpectedly created for us a Zionist brotherhood front in blue and white.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog meets with Argentinian President Javier Milei in Jerusalem, in February.

Milei to open Argentina’s Nazi ratline archives, urged to reveal Holocaust records

A CSW delegation met with the Interior and Defense Ministers, and the Argentinian National Archives director, who offered their cooperation in location documents on the so-called 'ratlines.'

 Adolf Eichmann, pictured in 1941/1942, in his SS uniform. Eichmann fled to Argentina in 1950 before being captured by the Mossad in 1960.

Argentina honors slain Bibas mother and children, declaring two days of national mourning

In Buenos Aires, the Planetarium, the Woman’s Bridge, the Usina del Arte, and the Lezama Palace will be illuminated. The city’s iconic Obelisk changed to illuminate images of Shiri and her two sons.

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

Ex-hostage Iair Horn calls on Argentinian officials to free his brother, remaining hostages in Gaza

Argentina has been actively working to secure the release of its nationals held by Hamas since the October 7 attack, in which dozens of foreign nationals were kidnapped.

Eitan Horn.