Several opposition Members of Knesset (MKs) have submitted a bill Tuesday to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide and hold a memorial day for it every April 24, The Jerusalem Post reports.
The bill was submitted by Shas MKs Ya’acov Margi, Haim Biton, and Moshe Arbel alongside Likud MKs Yuli Edelstein, Israel Katz, and Yoav Kish.
This is not the first time an attempt has been made in the Knesset for Israel to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide.
In 2018, Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg proposed a bill to recognize the massacre as genocide, but the bill was canceled due to government resistance.
In 2019, a number of high-profile members of Knesset like Yair Lapid and Gideon Sa’ar voiced support for the move, but again it did not proceed due to little government support.
Israel will never recognize Armenian Genocide simply because of its relationship with Turkey (and its puppet Azerbaijan). When it comes to lucrative business of arm trade, CHILDREN of HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS do not hesitate to supply weapons to GRANDCHILDREN of GENOCIDE PERPETRATORS to kill GRANDCHILDREN of GENOCIDE SURVIVORS! In fact, as a high-tech immoral banana republic, Israel puts profit before the people always. Despite sympathy for the Armenian people at a civic level, Israel was committed to maintaining pivotal support for its ally Azerbaijan in the war for Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), knowing that lethal weapons (especially Harop kamikaze drones) supplied to Azerbaijan would be used for ethnic cleansing of Armenians; the native inhabitants of the region since millennia. The most disgusting part is that its authorities even openly brag about that at the end: “Azerbaijan would not be able to continue its operation at this intensity without our support,” a senior source in the Israeli Ministry of Defense told Asia Times on condition of anonymity.
https://asiatimes.com/2020/10/israel-to-maintain-azeri-edge-in-karabakh-war/