The Armenian Genocide resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians between 1915 and 1923. Turkey has repeatedly denied the term, but more than 30 countries around the world – including France, Germany, the United States, Lebanon and Syria – have recognized the massacre as a genocide.
The Israeli government’s vote comes as relations between the region’s two powers, once stable, have deteriorated in recent years. The turning point was Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians and erupted after Hamas carried out a terrorist attack against Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023.
Turkey including the president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself. has been accused for a long time Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which Israel has denied. Before the vote on the text, the Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yılmaz explained Israel’s resolution as “an attempt to cover up their own crimes.”
Sa’ar claimed that the vote “is not an ‘act of revenge’ for the open hostility, as well as the threatening words and hostile actions of Turkey, under the leadership of Erdogan, against Israel.” He added: “Furthermore, the fact that Turkey is promoting false stories against Israel does not provide immunity from historical facts.”
