Posts Tagged: Argentina
AMIA 25 Years On: Insult, Injury and Argentina’s Upcoming Election
JNS.org - In 2006, Argentine government lawyers led by the federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman formally named the eight leading Iranian officials who planned the bombing...
25 Years After the AMIA Bombing, Justice Is Again Denied
JNS.org - This July, Argentina’s Jewish community will mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in which...
Crimes Go Unpunished in Argentina
JNS.org - For more than a decade, Alberto Nisman had been investigating the worst terrorist attack ever committed on Argentinean soil: the 1994 bombing of...
Did Argentinian Soccer Team Bow to Pressure From BDS?
Argentina's national soccer team canceled a friendly match with Israel this week, following "pressure" from pro-Palestinian activists. "BIG NEWS: Argentina's national team, led by Captain Lionel Messi, cancelled...
In Decades-Long AMIA Jewish Center Affair, the Truth Will Come Out
JNS.org - Like so many pins in a bowling alley, the treacherous former Argentine leaders who signed a secret pact exonerating Iran of its responsibility for...
Ex-Spanish Official Condemned for Insinuating Jews Might Be Behind Recent Death of Country’s Attorney General
A prominent US-based Jewish human rights group has expressed outrage over an ex-Spanish official’s insinuation that Jews might have been responsible for the recent death...
Netanyahu Planning to Become First Israeli Prime Minister to Visit Latin America
JNS.org – Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly planning to make a historic trip to Latin America next month, which would make him the first sitting Israeli prime...
Expert: Court Ruling Against Suspected Murder of Argentine Prosecutor Nisman Latest Tactic By Authorities to Stall Investigation
A Thursday ruling by an Argentine court regarding the suspected murder of federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman is just the latest in a string of attempts...
Expert: Election of Pro-Israel President in Peru Presents Major Opportunity for Jewish State to Gain Greater Foothold in Latin America (INTERVIEW)
With the changing political landscape across Latin America, the recent election of a pro-Israel president in Peru should open up new opportunities for the Jewish state...
After Meeting, Jewish Group Says New Argentinian Government Committed to Holding Iranians Accountable for AMIA Bombing
Senior officials from a leading international Jewish human rights NGO said on Thursday that the new Argentinian government is committed to acheiving justice for the...
Breakthrough in Unsolved Mystery of Argentinian Prosecutor’s Death Not Likely to Affect Relations With Iran, Analysts Say
“I believe the recent replacement of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with President Mauricio Macri makes a great deal of difference, even where this case is...
Argentinian Author Compares Palestinian Terrorists Who Killed His Israeli Brother to Nazis
Renowned Argentinian author Marcelo Birmajer leveled sharp criticism at the Palestinians carrying out terrorist attacks against Israelis, the Israeli news site nrg reported on Wednesday. Birmajer, whose brother Rabbi Eduardo...
Argentine Jewish Community Asks US for Information on Former Intel Official Who Fled Following Attorney Nisman’s Strange Death
Representatives of Argentina's Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) hand-delivered a letter to the U.S. ambassador in Buenos Aires requesting information from the U.S. about former Argentine intelligence...
Just One of Argentina’s Presidential Candidates Ready to Level Charges Against Iran Over 1994 AMIA Bombing
About a month before Argentina's heated presidential election, only one candidate has declared she would take Iran to task over the unresolved 1994 Buenos Aires Jewish community center bombing...
