Israel has denied having killed most of the people behind the deadly attacks on its embassy and a Jewish center in Argentina in the 1990s.In an interview with Buenos Aires-based Jewish news agency (Agencia Juda de Noticias) on Thursday, Itzhak Aviran, who was the Israeli ambassador to Argentina from 1993 to 2000, had said, "The large majority of those responsible are no longer of this world, and we did it ourselves."
On Friday, Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor was quoted by Israeli website Ynet News as describing the allegation as "complete nonsense."
"He is completely detached from the reality in Israel," public radio's website wrote, citing an unnamed Israeli diplomatic source. "There is no truth in what he says."
Under intense political pressure imposed by the US and Israel, Argentina formally accused Iran of having carried out the 1994 bombing attack on the AMIA building that killed 85 people. AMIA stands for the Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina or the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association.
The Islamic Republic has categorically and consistently denied any involvement in the terrorist bombing.
Tehran and Buenos Aires signed a memorandum of understanding last January to jointly probe the 1994 bombing.
The Israeli regime reacted angrily to the deal a day after it was signed. We are stunned by this news item and we will want to receive from the Argentine government a complete picture as to what was agreed upon because this entire affair affects Israel directly, Palmor said on January 28, 2013.
On January 30, 2013, however, Argentina said Israels demand for explanation over the historic agreement is an improper action that is strongly rejected.
In March 1992, a car bombing in front of the Israeli embassy in the capital killed 29 and wounded 200 others.
By Press TV
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