Armenian genocide

Armenian lobby escalates criticism of Israel, cites 'Jewish traditions'

Congressional bill to lift limits on US security aid to Azerbaijan draws sharp ANCA pushback; New York’s new mayor faces backlash over antisemitism definition.

A man holds a placard as members of the Armenian diaspora in the U.S. rally to mark the anniversary of the 1915 genocide, in Los Angeles, California, US April 24, 2021.
People gather at a memorial site to commemorate the dead in the 1915 mass killing of Armenians, in Yerevan, 2006

It’s time for Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide - opinion

A document in a Thessaloniki museum shows the papers used to travel from the city, then known as Salonica, to British Mandate Palestine  before World War II.

Thessaloniki’s Armenian minority and Jewish past are bound by a shared history of genocide

Members of the Armenian community attend a memorial march marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2015.

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Armenians mark genocide amid new threats, fresh skirmishes with Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has been blockading the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh for months, in what many Armenians and some US politicians call the beginnings of a new genocide.

 Armenians arrive at Tsitsernakaberd, the Armenian Genocide Memorial complex in Yerevan on April 24, 2023, to mark the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Five dead in new Azerbaijan-Armenia clash over Karabakh

Azerbaijan's defense ministry said Azerbaijani troops stopped a convoy it suspected of carrying weapons from the region's main town to outlying areas.

ARMENIAN SOLDIERS ride in the back of a truck in the breakaway region of Nagorno Karabakh last week. The Caucasus region experienced several rounds of conflict after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is one of the most notable disputes.

The US needs to send a strong message for Russia - opinion

Azerbaijan has implemented a blockade on the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia; which has rapidly become a humanitarian crisis. 

 US President Joe Biden welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the White House, last month

The shame I feel as an Armenian Jew - opinion

The author expresses his thoughts and opinions on the Israel and Azerbaijan alliance.

 AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT Ilham Aliyev (right) is welcomed by Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at an EU summit in Prague in October 2022.

Why won't Dr. Mehmet Oz publicly acknowledge the Armenian genocide? -opinion

Could you imagine the Jewish community tolerating a candidate with dual German citizenship who equivocated on whether or not the Holocaust occurred?

 PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks at an election event.

Should genocide deniers serve in Congress? - opinion

Oz should acknowledge the Armenian genocide or he is unworthy of being a US senator and should withdraw from the race.

 FORMER US president Donald Trump attends an election rally for Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, earlier this month.

Book explores why Israel failed to recognize the Armenian Genocide - review

Israel Charny explores how Turkey pressured the First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide to silence talk of the Armenian Genocide.

 ARMENIAN DIASPORA members rally in front of the Turkish Embassy in Washington, after US President Joe Biden last year recognized the 1915 massacres of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide.

Time for Israel to not fear Turkey and Russia and recognize genocide - editorial

Israel’s approach to the Armenian genocide is too similar to the way it has managed its position on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

As recently as April 2021, current Foreign Minister Yair Lapid stated: ‘I’ll continue to fight for an Israeli recognition of the Armenian genocide.’

Genocide Awareness Month: Public responsibility to build a better future - opinion

These dates and this month remind us that there is no better time than now to remember the past and take responsibility to ensure that “never again” is the reality.

 A WOMAN cries in front of a house next to hers that was destroyed by a missile amid Russia’s invasion in Lyman, Ukraine, on Saturday. We have a global responsibility to ask: Are we doing enough?

US candidates must recognize Armenian genocide - opinion

It was not until 2019 that the House overwhelmingly (405-11) passed a resolution recognizing the genocide, rejecting the denial of the massacre, and calling for educating the public about genocide.

 TURKEY’S PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Joe Biden shake hands before a NATO summit in Brussels last month. Whatever tensions exist in US-Turkish relations have more to do with other issues such as Erdogan’s authoritarian actions.