During a visit to Israel in February, President Javier Milei made a promise to transfer the emabassy.

Instead, the  Argentinian  Senate Agreements Commission approved the nomination of President Javier Mile’s rabbi, Axel Wahnish, as the new ambassador to Israel.

Argentina has decided to freeze the process of transferring its embassy to Jerusalem, less than two months after a promise by President Javier Milei during his visit to Israel to make such a move.

Instead, the Argentinian government has proposed to appoint a new ambassador immediately. After several days of negotiations, the Argentinian  Senate Agreements Commission approved the nomination of President Javier Milei’s rabbi, Axel Wahnish, as the new ambassador to Israel.

Wahnish’s proposal to the Senate had been on standby, however, several leftist senators from the Radical Civil Union (UCR) and representatives of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) requested it to be linked to freezing the move of the embassy to Jerusalem.

Another concern of the Argentine government was that a law that stipulates that Argentina will not establish embassies or political institutions in “occupied and disputed territories”. The law stems from Argentina’s long-standing claim to the Malvinas Islands, which are under British control.