JULIE STAHL: It's the
first time an Israeli Prime
Minister visited a
Western hemisphere country
south of the United States.
From Argentina to
Colombia to Mexico,
they rolled out the red carpet.
And we are beginning
here, the dawn of a new era.
And not accidentally.
We begin it here, in Argentina.
JULIE STAHL: The last
time an El Al aircraft
landed in Buenos Aires happened
in 1960, when Israel kidnapped
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann
and whisked him away for trial.
The prime minister's visit
is laden with symbolism.
JULIE STAHL: Netanyahu
started his trip
at memorials marking Iranian
and Hezbollah-backed terror
attacks.
One, targeting the
Israeli embassy in 1992,
and two years later, at the
Jewish community building.
More than 100 people were
killed in those attacks.
Iran's terror has
not stopped since then.
They have a terror machine that
encompasses the entire world,
with their sidekick Hezbollah.
In the case of Iran, it
is not merely terror,
it's also the quest
for nuclear weapons
that concerns us,
and should concern
the entire
international community.
JULIE STAHL: Expert
Emanuele Ottolenghi
said Iran would figure in all
of Netanyahu's conversations.
Iran remains Israel's
most strategic threat.
But also, because in Latin
America increasingly,
Hezbollah cooperates
with organized crime
in a narco-terrorism
convergence to raise
funds for its growing budget.
JULIE STAHL: According
to Ottolenghi,
the visit also indicates
Netanyahu's strategy
to expand relationships
is working.
Israel is gaining new friends
outside of the Western world,
countries that are no longer
automatically voting against
Israel at the U.N. That includes
new friends in Latin America.
So it's an important trip.
Today, the future belongs
to those who innovate.
Israel is an innovation nation.
Some say it's the
innovation nation.
JULIE STAHL: And that
showed in agreements
with Colombia and Argentina,
to share scientific research
and expertise in fields
like agriculture, water,
cybersecurity, and health.
We can make our air cleaner,
our water safer to drink.
We can produce
more milk per cow,
that's actually what
Israel does better
than any other
country in the world.
We can harvest crops in
ways that are unimaginable.
JULIE STAHL:
Netanyahu promised it
would be much sooner than
70 years for the next visit
of an Israeli Prime Minister
to this part of the world.
Julie Stahl, CBN
News, Jerusalem.
