Netanyahu Just Backtracked on Recognising the Armenian Genocide
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Pressured by Azerbaijan, Israel drops Knesset Armenian genocide recognition vote
Haaretz has learned that Israeli officials assured Azerbaijani counterparts the issue would be removed from the Knesset's agenda. An Israeli source estimated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked the vote after a senior political adviser to Azerbaijan's president contacted his office
At the end of June, the Government of Israel approved a resolution recognizing the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but before voting in the Knesset (Parliament), the matter never came to pass.
Baku Pressured Netanyahu to Withdraw Armenian Genocide Bill from Knesset, Haaretz Reports
Official Azerbaijan reportedly pressured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the Israeli Parliament—the Knesset—from adopting a bill recognizing the Armenian Genocide, Haaretz, a prominent Israeli daily newspaper reported on Sunday. The initial Israeli government recognition of the Armenian Genocide was spearheaded by that country’s foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar, whose effort was unanimously approved by the cabinet. The recognition…
Netanyahu blocked vote on recognizing mass killings of Armenians as genocide: report - Turkish Minute
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked a parliamentary vote on formally recognizing the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide following objections from Azerbaijan, Haaretz reported Sunday, citing an Israeli source familiar with the matter.
The decision not to put the official recognition of the Armenian genocide to a vote in the Knesset has sparked a diplomatic and political storm in recent days. Media reports claimed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blocked the move following direct pressure from Azerbaijan, but sources familiar with the details present a different and more complex picture of who was behind the withholding of the recognition. According to a report in Haaret…
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