
“Our country is an example of peaceful coexistence between different communities, supported by decades of interfaith dialogue, mutual respect and democratic commitment. This value deserves to be emphasized. In such complex moments, in which global anti-Semitism has worsened, Argentina offers great differences Regarding what is happening in other latitudes, AMEA President Osvaldo Armosa said on Wednesday night.
The leader expressed himself in this way at the annual AMIA meeting attended by government figures, such as Culture Minister Leonardo Civelli – who opened the tango show with Armosa after the cocktail – Health Minister Mario Lugones, and Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Martin Menem, among members of the Jewish community in Argentina.
Orthodox leadership of Amiya has been seeking for years Reducing mutual political image It was always the result of the terrorist attack he suffered in 1994 and various conflicts with power and justice in power.
However, he couldn’t help but express himself about it.The polarization that prevails in the world after the Hamas attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023which began Benjamin Netanyahu’s crusade against Gaza and also caused an uproar with itA powerful wave of anti-Semitism. “Since October 7, the Jewish community has, once again, demonstrated its strength and resilience.” Armosa said.
He added: “In the hope that peace will prevail, we continue to raise our voices for the return of the bodies of the victims who have not yet been returned, and we accompany with a brotherly embrace the hostages who were able to return to their homes and who today are trying, little by little, to rebuild their lives after the horror they lived through.”
This AMIA meeting is already traditional, and if before the coronavirus quarantine it was in the form of a dinner, now it has become a reception with guests moving from place to place to talk about the affairs of the national agency.
There were several AMIA leaders, including Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Hamra and Daniel Pomerantz. DAIA’s current president, Mauro Bernstein, and former owner, Jorge Noblovits, were seen, as well as its director, Viktor Garelick.
The diplomats included Israel’s Ambassador Eyal Sela, Brazil’s Ambassador Julio Betelli, and Azerbaijan’s Ramzi Teymurov. Everyone was wondering why Donald Trump’s new representative in Argentina, Peter Lamelas, already in office, had not arrived in Buenos Aires. But they explained in the organization that due to the extension of the federal government shutdown, they were unable to participate in these public events.
Guests included Jorge Tillerman, former ambassador Diego Guillard and the head of the Public Archives of the Nation, Emilio Perina.
Rep. Sabrina Agamesht, former PRO member, now Libertad Avanza and voice for Israel in Congress, was seen. As well as Minister of Worship and Civilization Nahuel Sotelo, Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado and others.