Argentine President Javier Milei told the Israel Allies Foundation conference that Israel is the bastion of the West, warning that the destruction of Israel would be followed by the destruction of the entire West, according to a video clip of his remarks.
Argentine President Javier Milei told the Israel Allies Foundation conference that Israel is the bastion of the West, warning that the destruction of Israel would be followed by the destruction of the entire West, according to a video clip of his remarks.
This comment, delivered at the conference earlier Wednesday, expands on remarks reported by The Zioneer earlier that morning. At 08:19 Jerusalem, the desk reported Milei's statement — carried by Israeli media — that the fight against Israel does not end with Israel, and that Israel's fall would lead to the collapse of the West. That initial report did not specify the venue. By mid-morning (10:36 Jerusalem), The Zioneer added that Milei also described a 'sinister brotherhood' between the radical left and Islamist terrorism. The new video clip now confirms the conference setting and adds Milei's explicit warning that the entire West is at stake.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday morning, Milei's remarks frame the Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah conflict as a broader battle for Western civilization, identifying Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah as contemporary forms of Amalek. Earlier context published by The Zioneer (Jun 17) noted that Hezbollah supporters have chanted 'Death to America, Death to Israel', and that commentators have characterized Israel as fighting for the free world against radical Islam.
No further details of Milei's conference address have yet been released, and the full address has not been published. It remains unclear whether the video clip circulated represents the entirety of his remarks on the subject at the conference.
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