Netanyahu government questioned Alberto Fernández for his UN vote in favor of terror group Hamas

In a diplomatic event that has its only antecedent when Cristina Kirchner signed the pact with Iran, the Argentine Ambassador Sergio Urribarri was summoned today by Israel’s Foreign Ministry to “An explanatory conversation”, after the UN vote in favor of the terrorist organization Hamas which operates from the Gaza Strip.

In diplomatic slang, ‘Clarifying conversation’ means Benjamin Netanyahu’s government summoned Urribarri to demonstrate the State of Israel’s unease over Argentina for approving the creation of a commission of inquiry into the alleged war crimes committed during the confrontation with the terrorist outpost of the Hamas organization.

The meeting began at 11:45 am (Israel time) and ended around noon.

Deputy Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, Modi Ephraim, told Urribarri that the diplomatic proximity between the two countries must have a correlation when an offensive of Arab terrorism occurs in multilateral frameworks.

Modi Ephrain felt that Argentina supported a “Bias resolution” that it ignored the fundamentalist operations of Hamas and that it fired more than 4,300 missiles from Gaza into Israeli territory. “This is unacceptable”, said the deputy director general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support his country’s military strategy.

Likewise, Modi Ephrain added that “It’s inconceivable” that against the backdrop of the terrorist attacks by Hezbollah and Iran against the Israeli embassy and AMIA, Alberto Fernández’s government “will not condemn Hamas and will support” the creation of a UN commission of inquiry into alleged war crimes.

Finally, the director for Latin America and the Caribbean felt that Argentina should support Israel “In difficult times” and when to strengthen “The alliance between the two countries in the fight against terrorism.”

By voting in favor of Hamas, Argentina aligned itself with China, Russia, Cuba, Bolivia and Venezuela, and placed itself on the opposite side of Germany, France, Italy, Netherlands, Great Britain, Brazil and Uruguay. A geopolitical decision that surprised the United States, the European Union and the country’s partners in Mercosur.

Urribarri listened to Deputy Director Modi Ephraim’s position, then explained Alberto Fernández’s diplomatic agenda. The ambassador confirmed that the president is seeking to consolidate bilateral relations between the two countries and deepen ties with the Jewish community in Argentina.

“As head of state, recently assumed, Alberto Fernández visited Israel in January 2020. It is a gesture of great diplomatic value”, Urribarri argued against the criticisms of Modi Ephraim.

The director for Latin America and the Caribbean remained silent, while the diplomatic representative continued to explain the Argentine government’s foreign policy. “We have a lot of respect for Michelle Bachelet (United Nations High Commissioner), and it has defined an international position on the conflict in the Middle East which we endorse. There is no intention to harm Israel, it is our multilateral agenda, ”said Urribarri.

Modi Ephraim had already reproduced this official argument. Israel ratifies its status as a democratic state and its right to defend its territory and its people, before a terrorist organization that proposes to end the Jews and ignores the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis and their allies during WWII.

Bachelet, as UN high commissioner, argues that there is a legal and institutional asymmetry between Israel and Hamas. A geopolitical error which works to the detriment of a country in democracy and in favor of a terrorist group which launches missiles from the Gaza Strip.

At the end of the meeting, around noon in Jerusalem (six hours less in Argentina), Urribarri reminded Modi Ephraim that Alberto Fernández had ratified the government’s position against Hezbollah – labeled as a terrorist organization – and its support for the definition of anti-Semitism. “It is also our agenda. It is also part of relations with Israel ”, assured the Argentine ambassador.

Full statement issued by the representation of Israel in Argentina:

The Argentine Ambassador to Israel called for a clarifying conversation at the Israeli Foreign Ministry * The Argentine Ambassador to Israel, Sergio Urribarri, was summoned for a clarifying conversation at the Foreign Ministry of Israel following Argentina’s vote in the Human Rights Council for the creation of a commission of inquiry against Israel after what happened during Operation Guardian of the Walls .

Deputy Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, Modi Ephraim, told the Ambassador that his country’s support for this one-sided resolution that ignores Hamas terrorism and the firing of 4,300 missiles against the citizens of Israel, is something that Israel considers unacceptable.

The Deputy Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean added that it is inconceivable that Argentina, which has suffered serious and painful terrorist attacks by Iran and Hezbollah against the Israeli embassy and the headquarters of the Jewish Community (AMIA) in Buenos Aires, has not condemned Hamas terrorism and will support this resolution.

Modi Ephraim stressed that Israel expects the Argentine government to support Israel in difficult times in light of the friendship between the countries over the years and the alliance in the fight against terrorism. “