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Israeli Foreign Minister Pushes Cabinet Recognition of Armenian Genocide

6/26/2026

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar will submit a cabinet resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
He will present the proposal at a cabinet meeting and forward it to the Knesset.
The draft describes April 1915 atrocities that killed roughly 1.5 million Armenians and cites 32 countries that have recognized the genocide.
It condemns denial, calls recognition a moral and historical obligation, and accuses Turkey of altering textbooks to downplay the events.

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Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar will submit a cabinet resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.
He will present the proposal at a cabinet meeting and forward it to the Knesset.
The draft describes April 1915 atrocities that killed roughly 1.5 million Armenians and cites 32 countries that have recognized the genocide.
It condemns denial, calls recognition a moral and historical obligation, and accuses Turkey of altering textbooks to downplay the events.