Israeli Foreign Ministry summons Argentine ambassador to ask for explanation of UN vote

The Argentine Ambassador to Israel, Sergio Urribarri, was summoned by that country’s foreign ministry to explain Argentina’s vote at the UN Human Rights Council last week.

Along with Urribarri, representatives of 23 other countries were summoned, such as Argentina, which voted to open an investigation into possible human rights violations in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

“It happens. It’s a sign of disagreement,” he said. THE NATION a government source, who sought to alleviate the conflict: “On the diplomatic scale, it is an expression of disagreement, but weak.”

The relationship between Argentina and Israel is going through a moment of tension. Not only because of last week’s vote at the UN, but also because the president’s government Alberto Fernandez had qualified as Israel’s response to attacks by terrorist group Hamas is “disproportionate” against its civilian population in the Gaza Strip.

On May 11, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement expressing concern and highlighting Israel’s “disproportionate use of force”. The country’s ambassador to Argentina, Galit Ronen, said at the time that the message did not express “the good relations that exist” between the two countries. Israel had been Fernández’s first international mission as president. On January 21, 2020, he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.

“Alberto will listen to them and it will be a frank speech”, they confirmed near Fernández. The president of DAIA, Jorge Knoblovits, will lead the delegation, which will also integrate Marcos Cohen (Treasurer), Alejandro zuchowicki (secretary general) and Fabián Neiman, President of the Federal Council and protagonist of the harsh tweets against the president.

Sources of the Jewish entity do not hide their unease at what they see as an “attack” on Israel by emphasizing its role in the violent exchanges with Hamas for more than a week. They regret, in dialogue with THE NATION, que se haya puesto “en pie de igualdad” a Israel con Hamas, que “es una organización terrorista prima de Hezbollah, que hizo dos atentados en la Argentina”, y que “quiere la destrucción de Israel y la eliminación física de los judíos of the world”.

From the Foreign Ministry, meanwhile, they defended the vote in favor of an investigation into possible war crimes during the days when Hamas and the State of Israel exchanged missiles, with fatal victims. on either side of the common border. “We are with what you say [Michelle] Bachelet», They defended themselves with the chancellor Felipe Solá, today in the sights of community leaders.