Overview

• The UN General Assembly adopted the so-called New York Declaration by 142–10 with 12 abstentions, condemning Hamas’s October 7 attack, demanding immediate release of hostages, and urging Hamas to cede control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority.
• Argentina voted against the non-binding text, placing the Milei government among a small minority and marking a departure from the country’s longstanding support for a two-state approach.
• Deputy Nicolás Massot used a floor speech to denounce the government’s UN stance and harshly criticize Israel’s leadership, drawing both applause and boos in the Chamber of Deputies.
• Deputy Sabrina Ajmechet rebutted Massot, defending Israel as a democracy, rejecting his comparison of Benjamin Netanyahu to a Nazi propagandist, and framing Israel’s war as a defense of liberal values.
• Cristina Fernández de Kirchner publicly praised Massot’s remarks as honoring Argentina’s diplomatic tradition, while diplomats and specialists cited by local media warned the shift could carry broader diplomatic costs, including for the Malvinas claim.