Latin American Jewish groups warn, after Abraham comes the Isaac Accords

Press release from Global Jews for Palestine

December 5 / 6, 2025

Latin American Jewish groups warn, after Abraham comes the Isaac Accords

Amidst escalating condemnation of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza, the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, is fronting “a philanthropic program focused on promoting the integration of Israel with Latin America.” Known as the Isaac Accords, the campaign aims to “end Israel’s isolation on the international stage.”

“This is not philanthropy, it’s an effort to sweep away Argentina’s obligations under international law,” warns Ivan Zeta of Judíes por Palestina. “In streets around the world, millions of people are calling for the end of Israel’s genocide. We are out of step. Very few Latin American governments have denounced Israel’s war crimes—and those that have, still carry on business as usual by purchasing arms and surveillance technology.”

Zeta’s concern is echoed by the Jewish groups in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay which have formed in order to clearly distinguish Jewish identity from the ideology of Zionism.

The Isaac Accords would be the next iteration of the Abraham Accords, which sought to broaden Israel’s ties across the Middle East without requiring Israel to uphold the rights of Palestinians. The Isaac Accords (named for Abraham’s biblical son) seek similar normalisation in Latin America. Argentina’s president Milei initiated the accords in conjunction with the Genesis Foundation, after the foundation presented the “Jewish Nobel Prize” to Milei in the Israel’s parliament in June of this year.

Milei has promised to move Argentina’s embassy to Jerusalem despite its legal status as an occupied territory. He has signalled a memorandum for new commercial agreements between the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) and the Manufacturers’ Association of Israel. More than a dozen of Argentina’s states already have commercial agreements between the Argentine water company AySA and the Israeli state water company, Mekorot.

“Mekorot is integral to Israel’s use of water as a weapon against Palestinians,” Zeta explains. “We do not want more exploitative Israeli capital in Argentina.” He points to research findings of the Fuera Mekorot Campaign, published in ANRed, Prensa Obrera, La Política Online, and others. “The UN’s highest court has instructed all states to bring Israel’s illegal occupation to an end as rapidly as possible. These accords are pushing us backward.”

In addition to Argentina, the Isaac Accords envision joint projects in technology, security and economic development; in Uruguay, Panama, and Costa Rica.

The broad regional impacts of the Isaac Accords have been surfaced by Global Jews for Palestine, a global community of anti-Zionist Jewish practice with member-groups in 20 countries including four in Latin America. GJP brings global context, media awareness and practical experience to grassroots work in each country.

Marilyn Garson, GJP member and co-founder of Alternative Jewish Voices in New Zealand explains. “Six years ago, we came together to raise our game by responding globally to local experience. Our breadth lets us see and target the structures and financial flows that enable Israel’s occupation and ongoing genocide. Initiatives like the Isaac Accords are more than local.”

“Israel is actively trying to shift its support base,” she elaborates. “Israel’s deputy foreign minister recently visited Christian Zionists in several South Pacific countries, including the head of the Christian nationalist Destiny Church here in New Zealand. Even as genocide is ongoing in Gaza, Netanyahu is trying to dig new foundations like these in Latin America and the South Pacific. We will not let him sanitise genocide. We demand the end of this genocide and the onset of legal accountability, as a step toward real peace and justice.”

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Global Jews for Palestine is an international collective of anti-Zionist Jewish organizations. Founded in 2018, member-groups act together to resist Zionism and fight for Palestinian liberation on an international scale. Enquiries to globaljewishcollective@gmail.com

Judíes por Palestina – Argentina is an anti-Zionist left wing Jewish organization, founded in 2021. Enquiries to Iván Zeta  judiesxpalestina@gmail.com

Alternative Jewish Voices – New Zealand is a collective of anti-Zionist Jews, working for Jewish pluralism, antiracism and the realisation of the full and equal rights of Palestinians. Enquiries to Marilyn Garson contact@ajv.org.nz