Remembering the victims of the AMIA bombing

On 18 July 1994, 85 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in a Hezbollah-perpetrated bombing attack of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building. This was the deadliest terrorist attack in Latin American history as well as against any Jewish target outside of Israel. Twenty-six years after the horrific bombing, none of the perpetrators has yet been brought to trial, despite arrest warrants issued and constant calls for justice.

On the 26th anniversary of the attack, World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder released a special video message in tribute to the victims, in which he stressed that “we know from history that when hatred targets Jews, the bombs do not distinguish the religion of the victims and the entire humankind suffers. And without memory and without justice, these wounds remain open. Twenty-six year later, with a world so different, and facing problems that we did not even imagine back then, our commitment to the families of victims and survivors is the same as always was. We’ll be tempted to ask, ‘who cares about the AMIA attack?’ The answer is simple. We all care.”

To read more about this year's virtual commemoration ceremony click here.