Posted on YouTube: November 3, 2023
This is sad, but the recent war in Gaza has fueled antisemitism in Latin America.
Gaza War Fuels Antisemitism in Latin America
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Argentina, the Other Outlier with Lots of Jews
Note: image was ai-generated.
Argentina still has a lot of Jews; the sixth largest community of Jews outside of Israel. Unlike Chile, where Palestinians are influential, the Jews of Argentina still pack a wallop.
Source: Jewish organisations in Argentina stage march in support of Israel
Buenos Aires Times
October 9, 2023Hundreds of people took part in a march in Buenos Aires on Monday in support of Israel following the deadly terror attacks carried out by the Islamist group Hamas in the Middle East.
Headed by the country’s leading Jewish organisations, the march in Almagro was a chance for porteños [Buenos Aires citizens] to show solidarity with Israel.
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The pro-Israel rally took place on a symbolic corner of the capital’s Almagro neighbourhood, where the Estado de Israel and Estado de Palestina streets intersect. The national anthems of both Israel and Argentina were played during the event, while demonstrators waved Israeli flags.
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“The only solution is for the Gaza Strip, which originally belonged to the Jewish people, to be vacated,” Rafael Yablonosky, a 60-year-old doctor, said as he rallied.
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Mr. Yablonosky’s comment is interesting, as he does not say where the Gazans should go.
But, historically, Argentina has been somewhat friendly to Jews.
What about Juan Peron and the Nazis?
Juan Peron was NOT a Nazi. He considered Italian Fascist economics as interesting, but that was economics. He did not purchase into Germany’s racial theories. One of Peron’s advisors was Jewish.
Argentina had a problem with leftists, and at that time in history, many Jews were leftist. Conservative Jews were usually left alone. There were issues during the period of the junta (1976-83), but the junta went after every suspected leftist, Jew or Gentile.
Jews have had a major role in Argetina’s history. They contributed a lot to the evolution of tango music.
The Jewish population in Argentina is large, because, for the most part, Argentina was welcoming to Jews.
Posted on YouTube: October 10, 2023
Argentina Had the First Jewish City in the World
Posted on YouTube: 2022
True! Check out video about Moisés Ville (above).
In fact, Theodore Herzl and Baron Maurice de Hirsch even considered purchasing a province in Argentina to create the Jewish state. The rabbis shot that idea down.
For them, it was the Holy Land or Nothing.
November 23, 2024 – Edited: Had to resource the blockquote, and make corrections.
German Documentary on Argentine Jews
Posted on YouTube in 2022
This one is in English. Good stuff.
British Islam Channel Fined For Documentary We Had Noted Here, Last Year
Source: The Jewish Chronicle: September 26, 2023
Islam Channel fined £40,000 over ‘antisemitic’ conspiracy theory documentary
A UK-based TV channel for British muslims has been fined £40,000 after airing an “antisemitic” documentary that claimed Israel was trying to take over part of Argentina and Chile.
In February 2021, the Islam Channel broadcast an hour-long film titled The Andinia Plan, which alleged there are plans to create a new Jewish state in Patagonia – a sparsely populated region at the bottom of South America.
The conspiracy theory first appeared in a magazine published by a group of Argentinian neo-Nazis led by the sons of Holocaust architect Adolf Eichman.
Big deal. We had a post about this documentary (Click Here) over a year ago.
The whole claim is preposterous, but it is believed by some in South America.
(Click Here) to see the backgrounder on this documentary.
In the original The Jewish State by Theodore Herzl, the Patagonian area of Argentina was considered as a possible area for Jewish settlement. However, the Zionist Congress shot down that idea immediately.
They would only settle for the Holy Land.