'Unequivocal support for Israel': Argentina's Milei is first non-Jew to win 'Jewish Nobel'

At a ceremony scheduled to take place in the Knesset on Wednesday, Argentina's president will receive the $1 million Genesis Prize. Never before has the prize been awarded to a figure so shrouded in controversy

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.

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