Argentinian President Milei meets former hostage Iair Horn at memorial for antisemitic attack

Argentinian President Javier Milei met with Iair Horn, a former hostage abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, at a ceremony commemorating the 32nd anniversary of the AMIA Jewish community center bombing in Buenos Aires. Horn was held captive for 498 days before his release.

The meeting occurred during a solemn event that began with a siren at 9:53 a.m., the exact time of the 1994 suicide bombing. The attack targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA), killing 85 people and injuring 300. The ceremony's slogan, "Today we cannot lose our memory," underscored the importance of remembering the victims and the ongoing struggle for justice.

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the case is still 'stuck, dormant, or buried in a drawer,'

AMIA President Osvaldo Armosa criticized the lack of progress in the investigation into the terror attack, describing it as "stuck, dormant, or buried in a drawer" after 32 years. He praised Milei's administration for its firm stance against Iran, the IRGC, and terrorist organizations, highlighting the government's support for Israel.

Several international dignitaries attended the ceremony, including Paraguay's and Uruguay's Supreme Court ministers and representatives from the US Anti-Defamation League. Argentina's Ambassador to Israel, Shimon Axel Wahnish, spoke at a similar event in Jerusalem, framing the 1994 bombing as part of a broader attack against humanity, not just the Jewish community or Argentina.

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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.