Gideon Saar
According to a published report cited by news.am, citing haaretz.com, the decision will now be submitted to the Knesset for approval.
The document emphasizes that Israel officially recognizes the Armenian Genocide committed during the final years of the Ottoman Empire and will condemn any attempts to deny, downplay, or distort the historical truth. According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 32 countries have already recognized the Armenian Genocide in one form or another.
Announcing the government’s decision, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar stated: “It is never too late to do the right thing.”
The text of the proposal also states: “Despite extensive and unequivocal historical documentation, the Armenian Genocide remains the subject of an organized campaign of denial and minimization, including the manipulative rewriting of history textbooks, primarily by Turkey.”
According to DW, this decision is expected to complicate relations between Israel and Turkey, the successor state to the Ottoman Empire. In 2025, Benjamin Netanyahu became the first Israeli prime minister to recognize those tragic events as genocide.
Between 1915 and 1916, during World War I, approximately 1.5 million Armenians perished. According to historical research, this was the result of their systematic extermination in the Ottoman Empire.
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