Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana opened the special session for Argentina's President Javier Milei, who was received with applause, and said: "It is an honor for me to host in the heart of Israeli democracy the best friend that the State of Israel and the Jewish people have ever had." He added: "This is a historic moment in the history of Israel-Argentina relations, as it is the first time that the Knesset honors an Argentine president with an address to the Knesset plenum."