Why Israel's recognition of the Armenian genocide is raising new questions
- Israel's recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide has ended decades of caution over one of the world's most politically sensitive historical events.
- The cabinet decision, announced last week and still awaiting parliamentary ratification, has also prompted questions over whether it is driven more by current regional politics than by historical recognition.
- Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who proposed the measure, called the recognition a "moral and historical duty", saying Israel, "as a Jewish state" – built on memories of the genocide of its own people during the Second World War – "had to rej
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- Israel's recognition of the 1915 Armenian genocide has ended decades of caution over one of the world's most politically sensitive historical events.
- The cabinet decision, announced last week and still awaiting parliamentary ratification, has also prompted questions over whether it is driven more by current regional politics than by historical recognition.
- Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, who proposed the measure, called the recognition a "moral and historical duty", saying Israel, "as a Jewish state" – built on memories of the genocide of its own people during the Second World War – "had to rej
Sources: RFI