Fernández received DAIA and said UN vote is in line with Bachelet – Telam report

President Alberto Fernndez received this Monday the authorities of the Delegation of the Argentine Israeli Associations (DAIA), to whom he assured that the vote in favor of an investigation into possible human rights violations in Israel and the Palestinian territories “attended the Bachelet report”, reported official sources.

At the meeting of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on May 27, the Argentine representative, Federico Villegas, spoke in favor of this investigation, which was approved by 24 of the 47 members of the ‘entity.

DAIA argued that “there are other ways to condemn terrorism”, although “I accepted the explanation “from the Presidentadded the sources.

“We believe that abstention, let’s not talk about the rejection of the motion, for Argentina it would have been a wiser scenario“, Said Jorge Knoblovits, head of DAIA, during a press conference at Casa Rosada.

And he stressed that “it was very important”, because Argentina “in terms of human rights is a unique example in the world and especially in Latin America”.

Knoblovits considers that “It was up to Argentina to abstain,” but the leaders of the political representation of the Argentine Jewish community understood the government’s decision.

The meeting, which was held in the presidential office for just over an hour, was also attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Felipe Sol and the secretary of the cult, Guillermo Oliveri.

For the DAIA, they were, in addition to Knoblovits, Senior Vice-President, David Stalman; the secretary general, Alejandro Zuchowicki; the treasurer, Marcos Cohen; and the President of the Federal Council (DAIA Tucumn), Fabin Neiman.

Knoblovits explains that Argentina “historically respected multilateralism and what they did was attend the Bachelet report, “with which the DAIA may” disagree. “

Official sources agreed that “the meeting was honest and transparent” in an “atmosphere of cordiality”.

“Both sides listened to the presentations,” added the spokespersons.

The president of the DAIA wondered “being in the space of the Human Rights Council with countries which are not democratic and which systematically violate human rights and do not respect individual freedoms and minorities, see the country vote in this direction ”.

But at the same time, he admitted that Fernández “made it very clear that he had absolutely no problem with the State of Israel, quite the contrary” and that Argentina “never legitimized Hamas. as a State “.

Argentina was the first Latin American country to recognize the State of Israel in 1949, after its creation at the request of the United Nations.

In addition, Argentina’s Jewish community is the largest in Latin America and among the top five on the planet, according to the latest officially known census data.