Current sectionSportsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeIsraeli fans of Argentina at a screening of the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England at Charles Clore Park in Tel Aviv, on Wednesday. Credit: Itay CohenBetween Messi worship, President Milei's embrace of Israel and a Spanish rival whose star waved the Palestinian flag, Israelis are rooting for Argentina louder than ever05:53 PM • July 19 2026 IDTMessi shirts, Argentine flags, Spanish songs. You walk around Tel Aviv and feel like you're in Buenos Aires. Every second person explains to you why the World Cup was stolen from Argentina in 1994, why the referees never give them a fair shake, why President Javier Milei's economic reforms will heal the country, why they hate Brazil, and England, and Uruguay, and Portugal. In the NewsIsraeli Ministers to Join Far-right March to Gaza Calling to Resettle StripIran Weaponizes the Middle East's Water Supply to Gain Leverage Over the U.S.Pressured by Azerbaijan, Israel Drops Knesset Armenian Genocide Recognition VoteU.S. Downs Iranian Missiles Fired at Jordan, IDF Intercepts Shrapnel Above EilatThe Sound of Depression: Translating Brain Activity Into LanguageRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?As Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the Fight103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteDemocrats Rejected U.S. Aid to Israel, and AIPAC Couldn't Stop Them