Short answer: Yes. Javier Milei, president of Argentina, is one of the most outspoken pro-Israel heads of state in the world. Since taking office in December 2023 he has made three state visits to Israel, designated Hamas and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organizations, backed the US-Israel military campaign against Iran in 2026, and is relocating Argentina's embassy from Herzliya to Jerusalem. As of August 2026, that record has only grown more direct.
What Javier Milei has actually said and done
November 27, 2023: Days after winning Argentina's presidential election, Milei visited the Buenos Aires grave of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to give thanks for his win, a personal gesture that previewed how central his ties to Judaism would become, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
February 6, 2024: On his first bilateral visit to Israel, Milei announced he would move Argentina's embassy to Jerusalem, and visited the Nova festival massacre site near the Gaza border, compared the October 7 attack to Holocaust-era horrors, condemned Hamas, and first announced plans to move Argentina's embassy to Jerusalem, as reported by The Jerusalem Post.
July 13, 2024: Argentina's government under Milei formally designated Hamas an "international terrorist organization," citing the October 7 attack and Hamas's ties to Iran, which Argentina blames for the 1992 Israeli embassy bombing and the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, according to The Times of Israel.
January 14, 2025: The Genesis Prize Foundation announced Milei as the 2025 Genesis Prize laureate, sometimes called the "Jewish Nobel," making him the first head of state and the first non-Jewish person to win it, citing his "unequivocal support of Israel." He later declined the $1 million cash award and redirected it to launch the Isaac Accords nonprofit, per the Genesis Prize Foundation and confirmed by The Jerusalem Post.
November 25, 2025: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar and Milei confirmed in Buenos Aires that Argentina's embassy, then based in Herzliya near Tel Aviv, would be inaugurated in Jerusalem by spring 2026, according to The Jerusalem Post.
April 19, 2026: On his third state visit to Israel, Milei addressed the Knesset, formally announced the embassy relocation to Jerusalem for later that year, signed the Isaac Accords along with security and AI memorandums with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prayed at the Western Wall wearing a kippah embroidered with his name in Hebrew, and declared Argentina's backing for the joint US-Israel military campaign against Iran, calling it "the right thing to do," reported The Times of Israel and confirmed by France 24.
April 2026: Israel and Argentina signed an agreement to launch direct flights between Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv, part of the broader Isaac Accords push to deepen Israel-Latin America ties during Milei's visit, according to bne IntelliNews.
A Catholic president with a genuine Torah practice
Milei was raised Catholic and remains so, but he has cultivated a deep, well-documented personal relationship with Judaism. Since around 2021 he has studied Torah in Buenos Aires with Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish, a Sephardic community leader. He has described himself as a "ben Noach," a righteous gentile under Noahide law, and has spoken about wanting to convert to Judaism someday, while acknowledging that Shabbat observance is not compatible with running a country. As of the most recent reporting, he has not converted.
That personal devotion runs alongside a hard policy shift. Under Milei, Argentina reversed years of anti-Israel votes at the United Nations, designated both Hamas and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist organizations, and pushed for accountability on the unsolved 1992 and 1994 Buenos Aires bombings. Moving the embassy to Jerusalem puts Argentina among the handful of countries, including the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Kosovo, Paraguay, Papua New Guinea and Fiji, that have taken that step. His approach has not been without friction: it breaks from the international consensus that treats Jerusalem's status as unresolved, and some voices in Argentina have voiced discomfort with how closely he has tied the country's foreign policy to Israel and to Israel's own right-wing politics. None of this has involved any boycott activity. Argentina under Milei has consistently declined to join any Israel boycott and has instead moved the opposite direction: new direct flights, deeper trade ties, the Genesis Prize, and a sitting head of state addressing the Knesset.
The bottom line
Javier Milei is unambiguously and publicly supportive of Israel, arguably the most pro-Israel head of state in the world today. Three state visits, an embassy move to Jerusalem, terrorist designations for Hamas and the IRGC, public backing for the 2026 Iran campaign, the 2025 Genesis Prize, and a genuine personal engagement with Judaism all point the same direction, even as he remains a practicing Catholic who has not converted.
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Milei's story is a reminder that support for Israel shows up in public gestures as much as policy memos, a kippah at the Western Wall, an embassy sign in Jerusalem, a Torah class in Buenos Aires. If you want to make your own stance just as visible, our Star of David jewelry collection offers an everyday way to carry that same statement.
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Last updated August 2026. We update these profiles as the record changes.
