Tel-Chai Nation

For the first time, Benjamin Netanyahu's made a major recognition in his own words of the Armenian Genocide committed by Turkey's Islamic Ottoman empire during WW1:

For the first time, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday that he recognizes the Armenian Genocide during World War 1.

Netanyahu’s comments came in an interview on the PBD Podcast, hosted by Patrick Bet-David.

Bet-David initiated the discussion by contrasting the near-universal recognition of the Holocaust with the lack of broader acknowledgment for the Armenian and Assyrian genocides.

"For anybody that doesn't recognize Armenian-Assyrian genocide, if there's any country that I would have expected to be on the list that recognized the Armenian and the Assyrian and the Greek genocide, it would be Israel," Bet-David said.

He then directly asked the Prime Minister, "Why haven't you yet recognized the Armenian, Assyrian and the Greek genocide that the Turkish did to that community?"

In response, Prime Minister Netanyahu stated, "In fact, I think we have, because I think the Knesset passed a resolution to that effect."

Bet-David expressed uncertainty about the official nature of the recognition, asking, "I don't know if it's come from you, though. I don't know if it's come from the prime minister of Israel."

Netanyahu then offered a direct confirmation, saying, "Yeah, I just did."

For many years, Israel has refrained from recognizing the Armenian Genocide due to its good relations with Turkey, but those have significantly deteriorated since the start of the war.

It's definitely about time a clear message was given. One that can help defeat the repulsive Rachel Avraham's propaganda that was hurtful to Armenia too. At least one statement she once made was dangerously similar to antisemitic Holocaust denial, and to think she'd even publish screeds that implied Armenians were Aryan, in a way that's meant to be derogatory! That was shockingly offensive, and she should be ostracized by all realists for making such a disgusting statement that's also hurtful to the citizenry of countries like Denmark and Holland.

Netanyahu did the right thing to make a statement recognizing the Armenian Holocaust, and let's be clear: no Islamic-run country has the right to veto discussion of the subject, period. If this were allowed to continue, it would be hurtful to Israel's causes, and serious apologies are owed to some of the Israelis who were making efforts to get it more widely discussed in Israeli society.

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