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Armenia’s Jews hope Israeli recognition of 1915 Ottoman genocide will jumpstart bilateral ties

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026Jesse Orine

YEREVAN, Armenia — Last Friday night, 13 mostly Russian-speaking Jews and three Arab Muslims gathered under a cherry tree next to the popular Common Grounds coffee shop in Yerevan — capital of the world’s oldest Christian country — to welcome Shabbat. Samson Karapetyan — the son of an Armenian Christian father and a Jewish mother […]

In a first for an Israeli leader, Netanyahu says he recognizes the Armenian genocide

August 27, 2025August 28, 2025Jesse Orine

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he recognizes the Armenian genocide, in a declaration that marks a stark departure for an Israeli leader. Speaking on a podcast on Tuesday, Netanyahu also suggested, inaccurately, that the Israeli government had officially recognized the early 20th-century genocide. Netanyahu was questioned about the killing of between 600,000 and 1.2 […]