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


Israel must recognize Armenian Genocide, not monopolize ours - opinion

Is it wise and moral to seek exclusivity of our own genocide – the Holocaust?

MEN HOLD Kurdish flags on Nowruz Day, marking the first day of spring, near Duhok, in Iraqi Kurdistan on March 20.

Letters to the Editor April 28, 2021: A note on the vote

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Biden showed moral courage in recognizing the Armenian Genocide - opinion

Turkey has pulled every lever of influence at its disposal to prevent formal acknowledgment by the United States that Ottoman Turkey slaughtered 1.5 million Christian-minority Armenians.

MEMBERS OF the Armenian diaspora in the US gather last week in remembrance of the 1915 genocide, which was acknowledged by US President Joe Biden, at the Armenian Martyrs Memorial Monument in Montebello, California.

Jews didn't support the designation of the Armenian Genocide, why now?

Jewish lawmakers, as recently as 2007, were not in favor of designating the Armenian Genocide as such, yet today they do. What changed over time is the crumbling of the Turkey-Israel alliance.

People wave Armenian and US flags in front of the US Embassy in the Armenian capital Yerevan after President Joe Biden recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, April 24, 2021.

Erdogan urges Biden to reverse 'wrong step' on Armenian declaration

Turkey accepts that many Christian Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed in WWI, but it contests the figures and denies that the killings were systematic or constitute a genocide.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference following a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Turkey, December 14, 2020

Recognition of the Armenian Genocide was long-awaited

Israel’s delicate situation with Turkey is not nearly as important as it was, especially with Israel’s growing ties in the Arab world.

MEMBERS OF the Armenian diaspora rally in front of the Turkish Embassy after US President Joe Biden recognized that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, in Washington last week.

Turkey says it will respond in time to 'outrageous' US genocide statement

Turkey accepts that many Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed in clashes with Ottoman forces in World War One, but denies the killings constitute a genocide.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a symbolic funeral prayer for the former Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi at the courtyard of Fatih Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, June 18, 2019.

Here's how Ankara uses genocide as blackmail - analysis

Turkey has threatened for years that it would rapidly move to sanction the US and ally with Iran, China and Russia or other US enemies, if the US would recognize the Armenian Genocide.

Supporters of Turkey counter-protest members of the Armenian diaspora as they 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, US, April 24, 2021.

Amid genocide row, Turkish diplomat pays respect at ANZAC memorial -analysis

ANZAC Day commemorates the massacre of Australian and New Zealand soldiers by Turkish troops in Gallipoli in 1915. While Turkey has not conceded to the genocide, it has paid its respects.

Horsemen and women from Australia and New Zealand participate in the Reenactment of the Cavalry Charge in the Beer Sheba River National Park, as part of events commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ANZAC liberation of Beer Sheba in World War I, on October 31, 2017. Members of the reeactment pro

Armenia PM steps down to clear way for early elections

He said on his Facebook page he was returning power received from citizens to them, so they could decide the future of the government through free and fair elections.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks during his address to the nation in Yerevan, Armenia November 12, 2020. Armenian Prime Minister Press Service/Tigran Mehrabyan/PAN Photo via REUTERS