Overview
- The Argentine president will travel to Israel from April 19 to 22 in what will be his third official visit since taking office.
- He is slated to light a commemorative torch at Mount Herzl on April 21 during Israel’s Independence Day ceremony known as Yom Ha'atzmaut.
- President Isaac Herzog will award him the Presidential Medal of Honor in recognition of his public and diplomatic support for Israel.
- Argentine officials are weighing an announcement to move the embassy to Jerusalem during the trip, though no decision has been confirmed.
- Milei’s alignment has included labeling Hamas and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as terrorist groups and expelling Iran’s chargé d’affaires from Buenos Aires.