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


Why has Israel not yet recognized the Armenian Genocide?

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Have Israel’s diplomatic, military and economic concerns trumped its moral imperative?

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan in 2018. Will an Israeli leader do the same one day?

Biden ends decades of US appeasement of Turkey, recognizes genocide - analysis

The level of appeasement and catering to endless threats from Ankara has no parallel in US history.

TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan and then-US vice president Joe Biden chat after their meeting in Istanbul in 2016.

Turkey’s genocide blackmail: Threats to work closer with Iran and Russia

The Biden administration has called Turkey’s bluff: that it might leave NATO because it is angry to hear the word “genocide” – and that Ankara should never be offended, but can do what it wants.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020.

Turkey summons US amb. over Armenian Genocide recognition

Biden said on Saturday that the 1915 killings constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and further strained frayed ties between the two NATO allies.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, October 7, 2019

Lapid calls on Israel to join Biden in recognizing Armenian Genocide

In recent years, there has also been a concern over recognition impacting relations with Azerbaijan, a major supplier of oil to Israel, which fought a war with Armenia last year.

YESH ATID Party head Yair Lapid addresses a conference in Jerusalem last week.

Joe Biden recognizes 1915 massacres as Armenian Genocide

"The American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today," Biden said in a statement.

US President Joe Biden stands in front of Air Force One.

Biden told Erdogan he plans to call 1915 massacres of Armenians genocide

The call was also a day before Armenian Remembrance Day when Biden is expected to break away from decades of carefully calibrated White House statements.

US President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, March 15, 2021

Biden’s recognition of Armenian Genocide shows Turkey’s fading influence

Previous US presidents have avoided using the term ‘genocide’ out of fear of angering key NATO ally

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

Israel must recognize the Armenian Genocide - editorial

For the world to ensure that these atrocities do not happen again, we have to be clear about what they are.

Members of the Armenian community in Israel attend a demonstration against Israel’s stance on the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks outside the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem; the sign on the left reads: ‘Judaism is for acknowledgement of Armenian Genocide, the State of Israel against?’

Biden expected to recognize massacre of Armenians as genocide - WSJ

US President Biden is expected to formally recognize the genocide of the 1.5 million Armenian men, women, and children who lost their lives under the Ottoman Empire.

Demonstrators hold candles and pictures of Armenian victims during a commemoration for the victims of mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in the Armenian Genocide, in Istanbul April 23, 2015.