From: Haaretz June 9, 2025 Unequivocal support for Israel': Argentina's Javier Milei will be first non-Jew to win 'Jewish Nobel'
President Javier Milei of Argentina will become the first non-Jew to receive the Genesis Prize — which likes to call itself the "Jewish Nobel" — at a special ceremony at the Knesset on Wednesday.
Milei is also the first head of state to be awarded the prize. Contrary to previous recipients, the right-wing libertarian, who has been referred to as Donald Trump's "favorite president," is far from a consensus figure.
Known for his unruly hair and foul mouth, Milei has declared war against what he describes as the "mental virus of woke ideology," attacking "radical feminism" and "gender ideology" since taking office in December 2023.
In announcing this year's decision, the Genesis Prize Foundation said that Milei was chosen: 1. "for his unequivocal support of Israel, including reversing decades of anti-Israel votes by Argentina at the United Nations, 2. designating Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations, 3. and reopening investigations into the AMIA and Israel Embassy bombings in the 1990s."
