Israel’s decision to recognise the mass death of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide is not merely a historical gesture. It is also a political signal — one aimed not at Yerevan, but primarily at Ankara. On June 28, Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced an initiative to officially recognise the “Armenian genocide.” On the same day, the cabinet led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unan...

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