Menendez, Rubio Introduce Resolution Honoring Victims of Terrorist Attacks Against Argentina’s Jewish Community

Menendez visits site of AMIA bombing in 2022

WASHINGTON – Today, in a posthumous tribute to the fallen victims and the wounded, and following the 29th anniversary of the terrorist attack against the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recommit efforts to uphold justice for the victims of these vicious attacks.

“As antisemitism is on the rise across the United States and around the world, it is vital that we stand unequivocally with Jewish communities and against words and acts of hate, wherever they occur,” said Chairman Menendez. “As I told leaders of Argentina’s Jewish community during my visit to the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) last October, we will never forget the 1994 bombing – the deadliest antisemitic attack outside Israel since the Holocaust – nor will we stay silent in the face of hate and violence directed towards the Jewish people. Our resolution reaffirms this solemn commitment, and sends a strong message that the United States will always confront antisemitism here in our country and abroad.”

As home to the largest Jewish community in Latin America, Argentina has endured multiple terrorist attacks orchestrated by Iranian-backed Hezbollah mercenaries. On March 17, 1992, a truck with explosives detonated at the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 and wounding more than 200. Two years later, on July 18, 1994, a car bomb exploded at the AMIA Jewish Community Center building in Buenos Aires, killing 85 and wounding more than 300 people. The attack against the AMIA remains the deadliest terrorist attack in Argentina’s history.

In October of last year, Chairman Menendez led a Congressional Delegation to Argentina and visited the AMIA site to mark 28 years since the tragic bombing.

A copy of the resolution is available here.

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