JERUSALEM, Israel – Argentina’s President Javier Milei arrives in Israel Tuesday for a three-day “solidarity” visit. Milei becomes the first Latin American leader to set foot in Israel since the October 7th Hamas attacks.
The newly-elected Milei will be met at the airport by Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who will accompany him on a tour of Kibbutz Nir Oz, an Israeli community near Gaza which was hard-hit during the Hamas massacre and kidnappings. Milei will also visit Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Memorial, and the Western Wall.
The Argentinian leader is expected to meet his counterpart, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday. Netanyahu congratulated Milei last December on his earlier election victory, calling him a “true friend” of Israel and inviting him to visit.
The Milei visit has generated excitement and gratitude in Israel because he has spoken of his desire to convert to Judaism and has pledged to explore a move of Argentina’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Milei has also appointed his rabbi, Axel Wahnish, from the Buenos Aires Moroccan community, to be Argentina’s ambassador to Israel. Wahnish is accompanying Milei in Israel.
The president’s pro-Israel and pro-American views could represent a sea change in foreign policy for one of the major Latin American nations, although his first priority
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