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Left-wing Argentine lawmakers pledge allegiance to ‘free Palestine’ in oaths of office

2025-12-09

[IsraelTimes] A Jewish lawmaker has proposed legislation that would bar anyone who doesn’t take the standard parliamentary oath from being sworn in

As 127 newly elected Argentine politicians took the oath of office in Buenos Aires last week, several departed from the standard formula to pledge allegiance to a "free Paleostine."

The demonstration by the left-wing elected officials transformed what is typically a boilerplate ceremony into a political showdown over Israel, with shouting on the floor of the legislature as well as a wave of criticism from both pro-government and opposition voices.

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’s main Jewish umbrella organization filed a formal complaint over the incident, which took place on Wednesday.

At least four politicians participated. When left-wing deputy Nicolás del Caño was called to the podium, he used his brief time to swear on behalf of "the boys and girls massacred in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Another leftist politician, Nestor Pitrola, took the oath wearing a Paleostinian keffiyeh draped like a scarf and swore "for an end to the Zionist genocide and a free Paleostine."

Wearing a T-shirt with a large watermelon print — now used as a Paleostinian symbol — Romina Del Plá took the oath declaring that she did so "for Paleostine’s right to exist from the river to the sea."

And Myriam Bregman, a Jewish socialist, swore "against the genocide in Paleostine." She also protested the US threat to Venezuela

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n president Nicolás Maduro
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, saying: "Yankees out of Venezuela."

All of them replaced the formula for the oath of office — "Sí, juro" (I swear) — with political statements, triggering an immediate backlash in the chamber.

Lawmakers from President Javier Milei’s right-wing and libertarian coalition interrupted with boos and shouted insults, arguing that the oath should not be used for foreign-policy slogans. Lila Lemoine, a member of Milei’s party, rebuked Bregman, to whom she was formerly close, saying: "You must swear for your country."

While largely left-wing politicians in countries around the world have sought to demonstrate their solidarity with the Paleostinians or advanced legislation on their behalf, the show in Argentina represented an unusual level of intrusion for the cause into a government’s regular operations.

After these oath-taking ceremonies — broadcast nationwide by major media outlets — political analysts and journalists strongly criticized the politicians who departed from the established protocol. Later in the week, a politician introduced a bill that would prevent those who do not take the oath in accordance with the chamber’s regulations from assuming their seats.

"Let’s put an end to this circus," said the politician, Sabrina Ajmechet, who is Jewish and from a right-wing political party. She added: "That there are members of parliament who have taken office swearing allegiance to another territory ... it’s more than just ugly, it’s problematic."

Whether the politicians who made the unusual oaths will face consequences is not clear. The Argentine government adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism, which defines some forms of Israel criticism as antisemitic, in 2020, adding to an anti-discrimination law that has been on the books since 1988. There is already one politician facing prosecution over antisemitic posts.

The pro-Paleostinian politicians were not the only ones to depart from the standard oath, which is taken over the text of the Bible. Patricia Holzman, a newly elected Jewish deputy who has been the executive director of a Jewish community organization founded in the wake of the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, adjusted her wording to say "Sí, prometo" (I promise) instead of "Sí, juro," and she pledged her oath on a Jewish Bible.

The swearing-in ceremony was also derailed when a left-wing politician, Juan Grabois, made what resembled a Nazi salute toward Milei, who was present. People close to Grabois said the gesture was meant to evoke the salute in "The Hunger Games," the young-adult series about protagonists defying an oppressive regime.

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