The relationship with Israel is a moral and strategic issue

For Javier Maile, moving the Argentine embassy in Israel to West Jerusalem – one of the most controversial and sensitive territorial definitions of the multilateral system – constitutes a “moral” necessity. An essential part of a libertarian foreign policy, which is certain, is alignment with the United States and Israel, the guardians of “Western values” and the leaders of the club of “free world” nations to which the president wants to belong at all costs.

This decision was confirmed by Foreign Minister Pablo Cuerno and his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, in front of a hall full of Argentine and Israeli businessmen during the Argentine-Israeli Forum organized by the Bilateral Chamber of Commerce. A space where conversations about libertarian government policy and actions merge with geopolitical debates, shaping what is no longer just a symptom of the times but a constant in the domestic and international business conversation. Benjamin Netanyahu’s envoy admitted that “our two governments are very close,” after stating that the move of the Argentine embassy could take place between April and May 2026. As reported, this would happen two months after the Argentine foreign minister’s visit, and with the president personally traveling to inaugurate the most significant geopolitical gesture in his foreign policy shift.

This announcement comes at a time of complete alignment with the Netanyahu government, at a time when Israel is going through its most delicate diplomatic moments due to international condemnation of its war in Gaza, with the Prime Minister being prevented from traveling abroad according to the international arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court, as part of the investigation into war crimes.