{"id":15198,"date":"2024-02-07T01:46:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/argentinas-maverick-javier-milei-pledges-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem-bibi-praises-dear-friend\/"},"modified":"2024-02-07T01:46:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T01:46:16","slug":"argentinas-maverick-javier-milei-pledges-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem-bibi-praises-dear-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/07\/argentinas-maverick-javier-milei-pledges-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem-bibi-praises-dear-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina\u2019s maverick Javier Milei pledges to move embassy to Jerusalem, Bibi praises \u2018dear friend\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Argentina\u2019s headline-grabbing new president has promised Israel that he will move his country\u2019s embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u2018For me, it is a pleasure, an honor to be here,\u2019 Argentinian President Javier Milei said upon his arrival in Israel on Tuesday. \u2018I am keeping my promise to have my first diplomatic visit to Israel. I\u2019m here to convey my support of Israel against Hamas terrorists, my support for the people of Israel who have the right for self-defense.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Obviously, my plan is to move the embassy to western Jerusalem,\u2019 he announced. \u2018So for me it\u2019s a great pleasure to be here. Thank you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Milei arrived in Israel this week for a three-day trip, accompanied by Argentinian Foreign Minister Diana Mondino and his personal Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish. Milei does not practice Judaism but has talked about potential conversion, The Times of Israel reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I thank you for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and for your announcement now to relocate Argentina\u2019s embassy to Jerusalem, the capital of the Jewish people and the State of Israel,\u2019 Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said of the decision. \u2018Welcome to Israel, Mr. President.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Katz declared Milei \u2018a person of values who is committed only to the truth\u2019 and thanked him for his support \u2018in the just struggle for the defense of the Jewish people against the murderers of Hamas.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Milei a \u2018dear friend\u2019 and welcomed him following the announcement and intent to move the Argentinian embassy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Terrorist group Hamas said Tuesday that it \u2018strongly condemns\u2019 Milei\u2019s decision and viewed the move as \u2018an infringement of the rights of our Palestinian people to their land, and a violation of the rules of international law, considering Jerusalem as occupied Palestinian land,\u2019 the Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Most countries maintain their embassies in Tel Aviv, but some countries, such as the United States, have recognized Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital and moved their embassies in support of the claim. Former President Donald Trump made the move in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Milei\u2019s visit included a stop at the Western Wall, where he tearfully embraced the wall, and met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, with plans to meet with Netanyahu and members of Israel\u2019s war cabinet on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Herzog and Milei plan to visit Kibbutz Nir Oz, located near the border with the Gaza Strip and one of the areas most heavily hit during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on FOX NEWS<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Argentina\u2019s headline-grabbing new president has promised Israel that he will move his country\u2019s embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. \u2018For me, it is a pleasure, an honor to be here,\u2019 Argentinian President Javier Milei said upon his arrival in Israel on Tuesday. \u2018I am keeping my promise to have my first diplomatic visit to Israel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}