The cabinet unanimously approved Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar's proposal to officially recognize the 1915 Armenian massacre as genocide. The move is widely seen as a rebuke to Turkey amid deteriorating relations over Gaza, and has already drawn condemnation from Ankara and Azerbaijan.
The Israeli cabinet on Sunday unanimously approved a resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide, adopting a proposal brought by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar. The decision represents a historic reversal of decades of Israeli policy that had avoided such recognition to preserve diplomatic ties with Turkey.
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As The Zioneer reported on June 28, Sa'ar stated that the move was "not a retaliatory action" but an acknowledgment of historical truth. Turkey's Foreign Ministry condemned the decision as "a political act," and Azerbaijan called it a "distortion of history" and urged reconsideration. The recognition also drew criticism from the Turkish leadership, which accused Israel of using the gesture to divert attention from its military operations in Gaza.
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