'An attack against humanity: Argentina marks 32 years since deadly AMIA bombing

Argentina's Ambassador Shimon Axel Wahnish described the 1994 AMIA bombing as an "attack against humanity as a whole" during a ceremony commemorating 32 years since the bombing of the Jewish community center. The attack killed 85 people and injured more than 300, making it the deadliest terror incident on Argentinian soil and one of the most lethal against the Jewish community outside of Israel.

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The AMIA bombing was an attack “against humanity as a whole.”

Wahnish urged against viewing the bombing as an isolated event, stating it was part of a larger chain of international terrorism aimed at instilling fear and eroding cultural foundations. He drew parallels between the Israeli and Argentinian national anthems, highlighting the shared value of "freedom" and emphasizing the responsibility to honor victims and fight for a world with liberty.

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For 32 years, I’ve been hearing that it was an attack against the Jewish community, against Argentina as a whole. But, even if both claims are true, I like to think of it as a wider attack against humanity as a whole.

Eden Bar Tal, director-general of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, noted that the Argentine judiciary determined Iran was responsible for both the AMIA bombing and the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, which killed 29. Bar Tal commended Argentinian President Javier Milei for confronting Iranian terrorism and declaring Hamas and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terror organizations. Roxana Levinson, whose uncle was killed in the AMIA bombing, spoke about how terror attacks destroy families and stressed the ongoing threat from the Iranian regime.

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It’s important not to fall into the narrow-sightedness that it was an isolated attack. The attack that we suffered in 1994 was part of a bigger chain of events that includes international terrorism.