Armenian genocide

Israel’s suspended Armenian Genocide vote is business as usual - this is why - opinion

To anyone tracking the history of Israeli-Armenian relations, this sudden retreat was thoroughly predictable. The postponement was not a routine procedural pause but rather a decades-long pattern

 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.
 THE ARMENIAN monastery compound in the Armenian Quarter.

Jerusalem’s Armenians are under attack, and the world is looking away - opinion

Turkish President and Leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses to the party members during the AK Party Group Meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye in Ankara, Turkiye on February 25, 2026.

The West’s illusions about Erdogan’s denialism was outrageous. The reaction to it was revealing

The Knesset plenum is seen during a vote on the communications reform, in Jerusalem, July 16, 2026

Recognition of Armenian Genocide belongs to Israel, not to one government - opinion


'Distortion of historical facts': Azerbaijan decries Israel's recognition of Armenian Genocide

 "The decision by the Israeli government concerning the so-called 'Armenian genocide' is a matter of serious concern," the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Flag of Azerbaijan

'Never too late': Israeli gov't unilaterally votes to recognize Armenian Genocide

Turkey denies that the massacres, imprisonment, and forced deportation of Armenians amounted to genocide, and Israel long avoided recognizing it as such due to diplomatic sensitivities.

The Armenian Genocide, June 28, 2026; illustrative.

Sa'ar to bring Armenian Genocide recognition to vote, cites Israel's 'moral, historical duty'

As of 2026, 32 UN member states, including the United States, Canada, Russia, and Germany, have formally recognized the genocide.

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar attends an honorary session at Paraguay's bicameral Congress in Asuncion on November 24, 2025, as part of his official visit to the country.

Armenian Quarter residents descend from genocide survivors, bishop says ahead of exclusive tours

Dating back nearly two millennia, the Armenian Church’s presence in Jerusalem is widely considered the longest unbroken Christian presence in the Old City. 

The Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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.

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

For Israel, a nation forged in the aftermath of the Holocaust, the moral imperative could not be clearer.

People gather at a memorial site to commemorate the dead in the 1915 mass killing of Armenians, in Yerevan, 2006

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

The Armenian Genocide took place 110 years ago and is still often dismissed as a consequence of the First World War.

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.

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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.

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.