Rights lawyers file suit in Argentina demanding Netanyahu's arrest

The Israeli Prime Minister is reportedly planning to visit Javier Milei in Buenos Aires in September

News Desk

AUG 30, 2025

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A team of human rights lawyers announced on 29 August that they filed a criminal complaint in Argentina's federal courts seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he visit the country.

Unconfirmed media reports say Netanyahu plans to visit the South American nation in September.

An arrest warrant was issued for Netanyahu in November by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes, including deliberately starving Palestinians in Gaza.

"It is understood that Netanyahu is criminally responsible as a co-perpetrator of the war crime of intentionally causing death by starvation; of crimes against humanity such as homicide, persecution, and other inhumane acts," said the complaint reviewed by Reuters.

Argentine human rights attorney Rodolfo Yanzon and Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, filed the criminal complaint, which includes a call to investigate the role played by Israeli authorities in the brutal murder of 15 Palestinian paramedics in Gaza on 23 March.

Israeli soldiers executed the paramedics "one by one" and then buried them in a mass grave. The soldiers then tried to bury a fire truck belonging to the rescuers to hide evidence of the killing.

According to Clarin, Netanyahu may choose not to travel to Buenos Aires to meet with Argentine President Javier Milei. Instead, the two leaders may meet in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly at the end of September.

Since the start of Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Milei has proved to be one of Netanyahu's strongest supporters among world leaders.

Milei has sought to establish closer ties between South American nations and Israel and was awarded the Genesis Prize in Jerusalem in June in recognition of his support for Israel.

"Although born and raised Roman Catholic, Milei has increasingly shown public interest in Judaism and even expressed intentions to convert," PBS added.

In May, authorities in Peru opened a criminal investigation against an Israeli soldier accused of committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip during 2023–2024, according to the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF).

The investigation was initiated following a complaint filed by prominent human rights lawyer Julio César Arbizu González against an Israeli soldier who was reportedly visiting Peru as a tourist.

The complaint alleged that the soldier served as a combat engineer and took part in the "methodical and systematic destruction of civilian neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip."

Founded in September 2024, the Hind Rajab Foundation is named after a Palestinian girl who was brutally murdered, along with several members of her family and first responders seeking to rescue her, by Israeli tank gunners in Gaza.

The organization gathers open-source intelligence on Israeli soldiers, including details of their military service, aiming to facilitate prosecutions abroad.