“It Begins Right Here” —
Netanyahu Proclaims the Isaac Accords
A New Hemispheric Alliance Is Born in Jerusalem
On April 19, 2026, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Argentine President Javier Milei signed the Isaac Accords in Jerusalem — launching a sweeping diplomatic, economic, and security framework modeled on the Abraham Accords, now aimed at Israel and Latin America’s freedom-loving nations.
History was made in Jerusalem on April 19, 2026. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Argentine President Javier Milei stood together before the world and signed the Isaac Accords — a landmark diplomatic, economic, cultural, and security framework that its architects describe as the Western Hemisphere’s answer to the Abraham Accords of 2020. With U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee in attendance, the signing ceremony marked a seismic moment in Israel-Latin America relations, and in the architecture of the post-Cold War democratic alliance.
The name is deliberate and Biblical. If the Abraham Accords brought Arab nations to the table of peace with Israel, the Isaac Accords — named for Abraham’s son — now turn that lens westward, to the Judeo-Christian democracies of Latin America. It is, Netanyahu declared, only the first step. “We had Abraham,” he said with a characteristic flash of humor. “We had Isaac. What will be the Jacob Accords? I’m thinking about it right now.”
I hope that just as we had the model of the Abraham Accords for countries in the region interested in advancing peace and prosperity and security, the same can happen vis-à-vis our common goals, our common values in Latin America. And it begins right here.
— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu · Jerusalem, April 19, 2026Netanyahu’s Full Remarks at the Proclamation
Speaking at the launch ceremony, Prime Minister Netanyahu delivered two sets of remarks — first on the grand vision of the Accords, then a more personal word of thanks following remarks by U.S. Ambassador Huckabee. FFN presents both statements in full.
“I mentioned the United States, Israel and Argentina, but there are others who champion freedom. We see this with some hope, even great hope vis-à-vis the Latin American continent. We see the beginnings of change, certainly we’ve seen enormous change in Argentina but I think that this is also a compass and a map for other countries, not only for their internal reforms but also for their external reforms — that is coming back to the alliance of freedom.
It begins with the two of us and with the support that is always there of the United States for free societies.
So, I hope very much that just as we had the model of the Abraham Accords here for countries in the region interested in advancing peace, and prosperity and security, the same can happen vis-à-vis our common goals, our common values in Latin America and it begins right here.
So this is our approximation. You know, we had Abraham, we had Isaac, what will be the Jacob Accords? I’m thinking about it right now. But we have time to advance that too. This is our first step.”
“Thank you, Mike, Ambassador Huckabee, or as you say, Ambassador ‘Maccabee’. I want to thank not only our great friend, but also your distinguished delegation and our ministers and everyone who helped bring this day, our ambassadors, the workers in the Finance Ministry — thank you. It’s not self-evident.
But I have one great pleasure — one is having my almost daily conversations with President Trump, a great world leader, changing the world in ways that were unimaginable. The greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House — but beyond that, I think someone who is committed not only to delivering peace through strength, because there is no other way to deliver it as you said, Mike, but also to change the world for the better for future generations.
I have to say that I have another pleasure in public life — there are not that many — but one is to take a machete and chop through the bureaucracy. And what we have done here is compress Israeli bureaucracy into nothing. Because we have just passed the unimaginable free navigation, direct flight between Israel and Argentina, and we cut through all layers of bureaucracy.
I want to thank the people who are here who are achieving that. There is more to come.”
We have just passed the unimaginable — free navigation, direct flight between Israel and Argentina. We cut through all layers of bureaucracy. There is more to come.
— Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuWhat Are the Isaac Accords?
The Isaac Accords represent a sweeping strategic framework jointly initiated by Argentina and Israel, officially modeled after — and named in deliberate Biblical parallel to — the 2020 Abraham Accords. Where those accords normalized Israel’s relations with Arab states including the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan, the Isaac Accords turn west: to the democracies of Latin America rooted in Judeo-Christian tradition.
The framework is described by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as “a new strategic framework aimed at strengthening cooperation between Argentina, Israel and like-minded partners in the Western Hemisphere, the descendants of Isaac and nations of the Judeo-Christian tradition.” Its groundwork was laid by Argentina’s decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, its reversal of anti-Israel UN votes, and President Milei’s receipt of the 2025 Genesis Prize — the so-called “Jewish Nobel” — whose $1 million award seeded the nonprofit American Friends of the Isaac Accords (AFOIA), established in 2025 to implement the vision through civil society programs.
From Abraham to Isaac — A Biblical Arc of Peace
The naming of the Isaac Accords is no accident. The Abraham Accords of 2020 — championed by President Donald Trump — bear the name of the patriarch of three faiths, signifying common ground with the Arab world. The Isaac Accords bear the name of Abraham’s son, the patriarch of the Jewish line, and signal something subtly different: an alliance among nations that share the Judeo-Christian inheritance of the West.
And Netanyahu did not leave the metaphor there. With characteristic wit, he already has his eye on a third chapter. “What will be the Jacob Accords?” he mused at the podium. “I’m thinking about it right now.” Jacob — Israel — the patriarch who struggled and prevailed. The implication is clear: this is the opening movement of a larger symphony.
I’m thinking about it right now.”
A Road Map in the Making: Who May Join?
As of the signing, Israel and Argentina are the founding partners, with the framework explicitly open to expansion. Israeli diplomatic sources have pointed to Ecuador and Paraguay as expected early joiners. Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Brazil — through parliamentary working groups — are also in view.
The Road to This Moment: A Timeline
I have one pleasure in public life — to take a machete and chop through the bureaucracy. What we have done here is compress Israeli bureaucracy into nothing.
— Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuThe Isaac Accords are, at their core, an expression of what Netanyahu called “the alliance of freedom” — a coalition of nations that share not just strategic interests, but a civilizational inheritance. They are, their architects insist, only the beginning. “There is more to come,” the Prime Minister promised. History, it seems, agrees.
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