JERUSALEM, April 19, 2026 — Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Israel for his third visit in two years. During a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he announced plans to launch direct flights between the two countries by the end of the year and to relocate Argentina’s embassy to Jerusalem.
Milei began his visit to Israel with a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Milei then met with Benjamin Netanyahu. They embraced, after which Netanyahu joked about the similarity between the name “Javier” and the Hebrew word for “friend,” “chaver”. They were joined by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Transportation Minister Miri Regev, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
During the meeting, Milei and Netanyahu signed the “Yitzhak Accords” — a series of strategic agreements in the fields of security and artificial intelligence, designed to lay the foundation for a broad alliance between Israel and Latin American countries. The name of the agreement echoes the “Abraham Accords” signed in 2020, which normalized relations with several Arab countries.
The joint statement said that the parties will coordinate their actions against Iran’s attempts to expand its terrorist networks and operational presence in the Western Hemisphere. The initiative also aims to promote coordination and coherence in international forums, and to create a framework for expanded cooperation in innovation, technology, trade, and economic openness.
“Israel is now a leading technology power, and Argentina has the human capital and lack of bureaucratic barriers to become the next global center for artificial intelligence,” Milei said in his speech in Spanish at the signing ceremony.
Milei called the launch of the accords a historic moment for both countries. “This will not only strengthen the relationship between Argentina and Israel, united by shared values, but also represent a step toward freedom and prosperity,” he said.
This move would make Argentina the eighth country to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, following the United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Fiji, Kosovo, Papua New Guinea, and Paraguay.