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Viewing cable 08BUENOSAIRES494, ARGENTINA: AMIA ELECTIONS -- ORTHODOX BLOC WINS PLURALITY

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08BUENOSAIRES494 2008-04-16 23:33 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
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DE RUEHBU #0494 1072333
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 162333Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 0799
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 000494 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
NSC FOR JUAN ZARATE 
FBI FOR CTD IRAN-HIZBALAH UNIT AND OIO AMERICAS UNIT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINA: AMIA ELECTIONS -- ORTHODOX BLOC WINS PLURALITY 
 
 
1. (U) The Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), held 
internal elections April 13.  The Orthodox bloc, led by Rabbi Samuel 
Levin, won a plurality of votes in internal elections with 37.7% 
votes.  AMIA, Argentina's most important and representative Jewish 
organization, suffered a 1994 terrorist attack at its headquarters 
that killed 85.   Levin defeated Abraham Kaul's bloc, which received 
33.3% of the vote and had been supported by current AMIA President 
Luis Grynwald.  Kaul served as AMIA president in 2002-05 and 
represents the association's traditional moderate base.  Rabbi 
Sergio Bergman's bloc, representing a new generation that calls for 
a return to religious values and emphasizes social assistance 
programs, came in third with 23.3% of the vote. 
 
2. (U)  The local press viewed Levin's victory as surprising, as 
many believed Kaul's bloc had the majority.  Rabbi Bergman's late 
entry into the race may have siphoned off some support from Kaul, 
allowing Argentina's Orthodox Jewish community to win the elections 
for the first time in AMIA's history.  After winning the election, 
Levin sought to assure the rest of the Jewish community that he 
would only "teach Orthodox beliefs, not impose them." 
 
3. (U) The 90 elected delegates will meet to elect AMIA's new 
President and its Board of Directors on May 20.  Since none of the 
competing blocs received an outright majority, the Presidency is 
still up for grabs and will depend on alliances forged over the next 
few weeks.  According to some national media, however, Levin will 
not seek the presidency.  The press speculates that he will direct 
his delegates to vote for Kaul, honoring an agreement the two 
leaders reportedly reached before the elections.  Election 
participation rates were 40% -- a record high.  A total of 7,341 
people voted in the City of Buenos Aires and Gran Buenos Aires from 
a total of 18,600 members eligible to vote. 
 
4. (U) Unlike previous elections, blocs did not represent 
affiliation with Israeli political parties, preferring to focus on 
religious and local issues affecting the Argentine Jewish community, 
such as conversions, the use of Jewish graveyards, mixed marriages, 
and education.  One of the issues debated in the elections was how 
close the AMIA should be identified with the Kirchner 
administration.  Kaul is publicly identified as a supporter of the 
Kirchners, while Bergman has been associated with the opposition. 
While both argued in favor of GOA efforts to continue its 
investigation and pursuit of justice in the 1992 Israeli Embassy 
bombing and the 1994 AMIA bombing, Bergman cautioned against closely 
identifying the organization with the Kirchners.  All candidates 
agreed to continue AMIA's efforts to urge the GOA to prosecute the 
"local connections" involved in the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing. 
Both Kaul and Bergman characterized Kirchner henchman Luis D'Elia's 
relationships with Venezuela and Iran as a setback to improved 
interfaith relations with the potential to promote anti-Semitism in 
Argentina and the region. 
 
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COMMENT 
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5. (SBU) We bring AMIA's internal election to Washington's attention 
partly because of this NGO's importance to Argentina's large and 
well-established Jewish community, and because AMIA has become such 
a prominent ally in our counter-terrorist efforts.  This election 
also marked young Rabbi Sergio Bergman's first campaign for office 
since gaining fame for joining 2006 public demonstrations for 
greater security in the wake of the 2004 Blumberg murder, in which a 
university student was kidnapped and killed after a botched rescue 
attempt by federal and Buenos Aires provincial police.  The 
demonstrations tapped into Argentine middle class frustration with 
the government's inability to fight rising crime. 
 
6.  (SBU) During last year's Presidential and legislative elections, 
opposition leaders such as Elisa Carrio (Civic Coalition) and 
Mauricio Macri (PRO-Recrear) actively courted Bergman.  However, he 
has been careful to keep himself from publicly aligning with one 
camp or the other, once confiding to poloff that his biggest 
challenge in 2007 was to stay out of electoral politics.  He 
indicated that he has not ruled out running for office one day, but 
that the conditions in Argentina were not yet ripe.  Until then, he 
plans to work with civil society actors to promote greater civic and 
citizen participation and has even written a book on the subject. 
His association with opposition figures, and late announcement of 
his intentions to run for the AMIA presidency, may have hurt his 
chances. 
 
WAYNE