On May 19, 2021, while the second week of Israeli bombardments against Gaza was taking place, member of parliament Juan Carlos Giordano took the floor in the Argentine Congress. In a brief speech, he denounced the “criminal bombings by the racist State of Israel”, the murder of 217 people, including dozens of children, the demolition of a building with international press offices and a university library. “That’s why we chanted in the marches in solidarity with the Palestinian people: Zionist state, you are the terrorist,” he recalled. He repudiated the Israeli ambassador in Argentina for assu…