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UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 002179 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV AR
SUBJECT: CHARGE SPEAKS WITH DAIA ON ANTI-SEMITISM ISSUE 
 
¶1.  (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for 
Internet distribution. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Charge spoke with the president of the Delegation 
of Argentine Israeli Association (DAIA) Jorge Kirszenbaum on 
September 22 to express the Embassy's solidarity with the 
local Jewish community over the recent reports of 
anti-Semitic graffiti in Buenos Aires.  Argentine media 
reported on September 22 an additional 20 incidents during 
the night of anti-Semitic graffiti at five Jewish 
institutions in the upscale Palermo district of Buenos Aires. 
 The Charge told Kirszenbaum that the Embassy was closely 
monitoring the reports and wanted to maintain contact with 
DAIA and other Jewish organizations regarding the incidents. 
 
¶3.  (SBU) Kirszenbaum thanked the Charge for his expression 
of support and said the situation was "under control."  He 
said he had received similar calls of support this morning 
from Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez and Foreign Ministry 
Secretary of Religious Affairs Rodolfo Oliveri.  Kirszenbaum 
 
SIPDIS 
said the government was "saying all the right things," but 
that DAIA was being proactive in publicly expressing its 
concerns over the anti-Semitic incidents. 
 
¶4.  (SBU) In addition to the graffiti, Kirszenbaum also 
expressed continuing concern over GoA links with Venezuelan 
leader Hugo Chavez given the latter's anti-Semitic remarks 
and his growing ties to Iran.  He also noted recent 
demonstrations in Buenos Aires organized by the left-wing 
Quebracho group in defense of Hezbollah.  (Note: Earlier this 
month, Quebracho militants blocked a march by DAIA and other 
Jewish groups on the Iranian Embassy in Buenos Aires.  End 
Note.) 
 
¶5.  (SBU) Regarding the September 21 meeting in New York 
between Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and American 
Jewish groups, Kirszenbaum said his sources had described the 
meeting as "tense."  Regarding the timing of the release of 
special prosecutor Alberto Nisman's report on the AMIA 
bombing, Kirszenbaum said it would be at least another month. 
He also expressed concern over the indictment this week of 
former DAIA president Ruben Beraja for his role in the 
alleged cover-up of illegal payments to witnesses in the 
failed prosecution case of the "local connection" to the AMIA 
bombing. 
MATERA