Armenian genocide

Armenian lobby escalates criticism of Israel, cites 'Jewish traditions'

Congressional bill to lift limits on US security aid to Azerbaijan draws sharp ANCA pushback; New York’s new mayor faces backlash over antisemitism definition.

A man holds a placard as members of the Armenian diaspora in the U.S. rally to mark the anniversary of the 1915 genocide, in Los Angeles, California, US April 24, 2021.
People gather at a memorial site to commemorate the dead in the 1915 mass killing of Armenians, in Yerevan, 2006

It’s time for Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide - opinion

A document in a Thessaloniki museum shows the papers used to travel from the city, then known as Salonica, to British Mandate Palestine  before World War II.

Thessaloniki’s Armenian minority and Jewish past are bound by a shared history of genocide

Members of the Armenian community attend a memorial march marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2015.

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In first for Israeli PM, Netanyahu recognizes Armenian Genocide on Patrick Bet-David's podcast

Netanyahu, when pushed by Patrick Bet-David, himself an ethnic Armenian, to personally recognize the Ottoman massacre of Armenians in 1915-1917 as genocide, said, "I just did."

Corpses of murdered Armenians lying beside the road during the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1917; illustrative.

Holocaust Remembrance Day and Armenian genocide: A moment of shared remembrance - opinion

This shared date should stir more than remembrance. It should inspire a deep sense of kinship between two ancient peoples who have both endured existential trauma.

 Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Armenian genocide survivors in Syria face new threats, warns Jerusalem Church

Their churches, schools, and homes have come under fire in the ongoing civil war, and the fear of further displacement looms once again.

 Arch at Station 9 on Way of the Cross near Coptic Patriarchate in Old City of Jerusalem.

Turkey's Acik Radyo silenced as broadcast license revoked amid free speech concerns

The station was suspended in May and fined after a guest, speaking on April 24, referred to the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a signing ceremony in Ankara, Turkey September 4, 2024.

Armenia’s recognition of Palestine was not anti-Israel - opinion

These are testing times for Armenian-Israeli relations, but we should navigate these rough waters to harness our many shared assets.

 Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 19, 2023

Israel must recognize the Armenian Genocide now more than ever - comment

The Broad Perspective: If Israel wants to be recognized on the international stage as a voice of sanity and of legitimate morality, it must put the ego aside and recognize the Armenian Genocide.

 Members of the Armenian diaspora rally in front of the Turkish Embassy after U.S. President Joe Biden recognized that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide in Washington, U.S., April 24, 2021.

Israeli weapons are killing peaceful civilians, Armenian envoy tells 'Post'

In an exclusive interview, ambassador Arman Akopian describes the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh from his country's perspective.

 Armenian Ambassador to Israel Arman Akopian

Three quarters of Karabakh population already out in swift exodus

Azerbaijan says it will respect the rights of ethnic Armenians who choose to stay, but that it has destroyed the concept of a breakaway state forever.

 Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited by ethnic Armenians, make a drink on a roadside as they queue to reach the Armenian border, in Nagorno-Karabakh, September 26, 2023.

Ethnic Armenians will leave Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan says it will guarantee their rights and integrate the region but the leadership of the Armenians in Karabakh stated that they would leave.

 Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in Yerevan, Armenia, September 19, 2023

Armenia and Azerbaijan to hold peace settlement talks in Washington on Sunday

Despite years of attempted mediation between them, Armenia and Azerbaijan have yet to reach a peace agreement.

Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov attends a joint news conference with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna in Baku, Azerbaijan April 27, 2023

Armenians mark genocide amid new threats, fresh skirmishes with Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has been blockading the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh for months, in what many Armenians and some US politicians call the beginnings of a new genocide.

 Armenians arrive at Tsitsernakaberd, the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex in Yerevan on April 24, 2023, to mark the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.