Ignacio Klich

The First Argentine-Israeli Trade Accord: Political and Economic Considerations

AbstractHaving established diplomatic relations and opened the first Latin American legation in Israel, Argentina signed a generous commercial agreement with the Jewish state. This granted favourable terms for Israeli acquisitions of Argentine commodities. Inasmuch as Palestine was one of Argentinas foremost export markets in the Middle East since the end of World War II, the agreement formalized a situation that predated the coming into being of the Jewish state. Politically, however, this was part of Juan Perons efforts to improve his image in the U.S., thereby creating conditions for a more productive Argentine-U.S. relationship. Like the accreditation of a Jewish political appointee as Argentinas ranking diplomat in Tel Aviv, the accord aimed at gaining diaspora Jewish goodwill, as well as removing the stigma of Nazism that hung over Perons head. Thus, it sought to deprive opponents of closer links with Argentina, especially among U.S. public opinion, of Jewish assets. Nevertheless, as with other ...

The Nazis in Argentina: Deconstructing some myths

Jorge Camarasa, Los nazis en la Argentina. Buenos Aires: Editorial Legasa, 1992. 296pp. Notes. Append. Bibl. Ind. Illus. Emilio J. Corbiere, Estaban entre nosotros. Buenos Aires: Ediciones Letra Buena, 1992. 228pp. Notes. Ind. Illus. Holger M. Meding, Flucht vor Nurnberg? Deutsche und osterreichische Einwanderung in Argentinien 1 945–1955. Cologne: Bohlau Verlag, 1992. 312pp. Notes. Append. Bibl. Ind. Illus. DM38. Ronald C. Newton, The ‘Nazi Menace’ in Argentina, 1931–1947. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1992. xx+520pp. Notes. Bibl. Ind. Illus.

Arab‐Jewish coexistence in the first half of 1900s’ Argentina: Overcoming self‐imposed Amnesia

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Arab and Jewish immigrants in Latin America : images and realities

A similar cultural background and jointly shared interests in Argentina prompted the countrys largely Christian immigrants from Lebanon and Syria, as well as their Jewish counterparts from the Arab and Muslim worlds, a minority among the predominantly Ashkenazi Jewish influx, to foster business, political and social links. These successfully overrode internal and external pressures to get both groups closely aligned with one and the other side to the Arab‐Zionist conflict, at least until the United Nations’ adoption of the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states and its military sequels began to be felt. Unexceptionally, the Arab‐Israeli conflict resulted in a self‐imposed de‐emphasis or mere omission of such Arab‐Jewish ties of yore (especially, though not only, in Argentina), the survival of aspects of these relationships notwithstanding. A documented insight into the main institutions created by immigrants from the Middle East in Argentinas capital and a number of the countrys provinces h...