Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar plans to propose on Sunday a cabinet resolution to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide, The Times of Israel reports.
“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 books, primarily by Turkey,” the explanatory text for the proposal says.
“In light of this moral and historical obligation, it is proposed that the Government of Israel recognize the genocide committed against the Armenian people during the final years of the Ottoman Empire. In addition, given ongoing attempts to blur, minimize, or deny the atrocities of the Armenian Genocide, the proposal calls for condemning all efforts to distort the historical truth of these events.”
Following the cabinet vote, the measure will then come before the Knesset for approval, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.
