Immediately after his arrival in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Argentine President Javier Milley announced the transfer of his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Milley on his decision to move the embassy and welcomed him, describing him as a “friend of Israel.”

Milley expressed his support for Israel in the war on Gaza, and he stated this immediately upon his arrival at the airport and his meeting with the Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz.

Katz told Milley that you are "a person committed to the truth. Thank you for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel."

In a video taken on board the plane, Milley said: “I will express my support and solidarity with Israel in the face of the “terrorist attack” launched by “Hamas” and I will affirm Israel’s legitimate right to self-defense.”

It is noteworthy that after his election, Milley announced that one of his early foreign trips would be to Israel, and he repeated this statement last month when he participated in a Holocaust Memorial Day event at the Holocaust Museum in Buenos Aires.

Milley, 53 years old, is an economist who describes himself as an “anarcho-capitalist.” He sparked controversy in his television appearances and entered the political arena two years ago and was elected president of his country at the end of last year. He pledged to get rid of the “parasitic class,” “prunate the hostile state,” and dollarize the economy.