The Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires will be stepping up security following violent demonstrations yesterday.
Lead by Luis D’Elía, Quebracho (the left-wing revolutionary group) and other political factions showed their condemnation of Israel’s Gaza campaign by marching outside the embassy, trying to hop security barriers and throwing rocks.
Today the Israeli ambassador, Daniel Gazit, told Radio 10 that the protests were “racist and anti-Semitic” and that they “incite hate”.
After announcing that the embassy will be improving its security, Gazit also stressed that: “this is a problem that affects Argentina, not just Israel.”
The demonstrators, who started their march in Congreso and interrupted traffic as they made their way to the embassy on Avenida de Mayo, were holding banners declaring their support for Palestine and some were even wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the word Hezbollah, the Islamic paramilitary group.
On the matter Gazit said: “These demonstrations only show real ignorance as there are groups that defend terrorists like Hezbollah. What would be interesting is if they were to be in favour of peace.”