{"id":516253,"date":"2026-06-29T07:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/516253\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T07:41:16","slug":"israel-ally-azerbaijan-condemns-armenian-genocide-recognition-as-distortion-of-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/516253\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel ally Azerbaijan condemns Armenian genocide recognition as \u2018distortion of truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a statement, Azerbaijan\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Israel\u2019s decision amounted to a \u201cdistortion of the truth\u201d regarding the events of 1915 and argued that turning complex historical issues into matters of political decision-making, without a legal or scientific basis, was \u201cunacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Azerbaijan issued a sharp condemnation of Israel\u2019s decision to recognize the Armenian genocide<\/p>\n

Azerbaijan\u2019s opposition to recognition of the Armenian genocide stems in part from its long-running conflict with Armenia and its close identification with Turkey, which carried out the massacres under the Ottoman Empire. The condemnation was issued despite a conversation between Foreign Minister Gideon Sa\u2019ar and his Azerbaijani counterpart before the Israeli government approved the decision.<\/p>\n

Azerbaijan called on Israel to reconsider the step, saying such moves do not contribute to reconciliation and mutual understanding, but instead deepen disputes and harm efforts to achieve peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s government decision stated that \u201cbased on the moral and historical obligation, Israel will recognize the genocide committed against the Armenian people in the final period of the Ottoman Empire.\u201d The proposal also said Israel must condemn denial, minimization or distortion of the historical truth of those events.<\/p>\n

Relations with Azerbaijan have been one of the reasons Israel had avoided recognizing the Armenian genocide until now. In the past, Baku sent messages warning Israel that such recognition would damage the strategic relationship between the two countries. Israel relies on Azerbaijan, especially because of its border with Iran and against the backdrop of major arms deals signed between the two countries.<\/p>\n

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Azerbaijan called on Israel to reconsider the step <\/p>\n

(Photo: AFP, EMMANUEL DUNAND)<\/p>\n

Turkey also condemned Israel\u2019s decision on Sunday, with its Foreign Ministry claiming the recognition was \u201ca political decision intended to whitewash crimes committed by the Israeli army against the Palestinian population in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Israeli government, which has systematically persecuted the Palestinian people before the eyes of the world and is now standing trial at the International Court of Justice for genocide against the population of Gaza, is seeking to hide its own crimes through a political decision it adopted regarding the events of 1915,\u201d the Turkish statement said.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Zamir Isayev, a leader of Azerbaijan\u2019s Jewish community, also criticized the Israeli move on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI strongly oppose the Israeli government\u2019s decision regarding recognition of the fake \u2018Armenian genocide,\u2019\u201d he wrote. \u201cI see this step as wrong, one-sided and politically motivated. Historical issues of this magnitude must not be decided by votes of politicians, and must not be turned into propaganda tools or political bargaining chips.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that the events of 1915 should be examined \u201cobjectively, honestly and professionally, based on archival documents and the views of independent historians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cReplacing historical research with political declarations is a dangerous path,\u201d Isayev wrote. \u201cI strongly oppose this initiative and hope the Knesset does not adopt this mistaken decision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a statement, Azerbaijan\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Israel\u2019s decision amounted to a \u201cdistortion of the truth\u201d regarding the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-516253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}