“This step of Israel does not harm Turkey, both countries have long-standing relations

On June 28, the Government of Israel unanimously recognized the Armenian Genocide.

Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, who presented the corresponding bill, announced at the cabinet meeting:
“It’s never too late to do the right thing.” Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support for the Armenian Genocide recognition project to be presented by the Israeli Foreign Minister.

The Foreign Ministry of Turkey responded to this move by Israel, stating that with this decision, the Israeli government is trying to hide the genocide against the people of Gaza.

“This malicious initiative, which ignores legal and historical facts, clearly shows the situation in which Netanyahu and his accomplices have found themselves, against whom arrest warrants have been issued as part of the International Criminal Court’s investigation into crimes committed against Palestinians,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said. statement in.

Nikol Pashinyan did not want to respond to this step of Israel in his conversation with journalists yesterday. emphasizing that “it is in the interests of the Republic of Armenia not to enter into the issue of the weaponization of the Armenian Genocide.”

Former Director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, Doctor of Historical Sciences Hayk Demoyan says that as a scientist, as a person dealing with the issue of genocide, he has his principled approach to this issue.

“In this case, if we refer to it in points, then this decision is political, there can be no question about it.

What prevented Israel from recognizing the Armenian Genocide in the past and why did Israel’s military and political leadership have a denial approach until now?

So, the first context is the moral context, after all, the Foreign Minister of Israel referred to the fact that Israel has a moral duty, but we only have a political context, not a moral, scientific, or humanitarian context, they are missing here.” of 168.am Hayk Demoyan said in a conversation with

Why was there a “desirable” position in favor of the Armenian side, especially when Armenia recognized the independence of Palestine 2 years ago? It turns out that from Israel’s point of view, the move by the Armenian side is “anti-Israeli”.

“Now, are the strained relations with Turkey the reason why Israel made such a decision, and will that decision harm Turkey in any way? I think not. Those two countries have a long-established and active strategic cooperation agreement that has been in place for about 30 years. It applies to all areas of security, which has not been canceled. Maybe this existing tension is artificial and imaginary. In this case, I don’t see any logic that recognizing them solves a problem. Therefore, it remains to be recognized for the sake of recognition,” emphasized our interlocutor.

As for Jewish scientific circles, according to Hayk Demoyan, long ago, back in 1988, the Association of Holocaust Scientists recognized the Armenian Genocide, which, in his opinion, is more important than the recognition by the State of Israel.

“In any case, I’m not excited, I don’t want to experience excitement, and I don’t want to deny its importance at the same time. I repeat, this has visible and invisible political sides,” he added.

Hayk Demoyan answered the question: Is it possible for Israel to suddenly abandon the recognition of the Armenian Genocide after settling relations with Turkey?

“In other words, as important as it is in terms of acceptance, it will become less important to abandon it. At the moment, this recognition does not give any advantage to the Armenian side, because as I have already said, Israel continues to seriously cooperate with Turkey in all spheres of security. This should be the starting point of the most important analysis. In this context, the only thing is Azerbaijan’s position or Aliyev, who is in denial, what reaction he should give when a political decision is made by Israel,” Hayk Demoyan emphasized.

Let’s remind that the process of recognizing the Armenian Genocide began with the publication of the French-British-Russian Joint Declaration of May 24, 1915. The first country that recognized and condemned the Armenian Genocide was Uruguay in 1965, after that many countries and international organizations recognized the Armenian Genocide.

Despite the efforts of the Armenian side for many years to advance the process of recognition of the Armenian Genocide, the current government of the Republic of Armenia has repeatedly stated that the promotion of the process of recognition of the Armenian Genocide is not one of the priorities of RA’s foreign policy.

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