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Yaakov Chaliotis

Jul 1, 2026, 11:25 PM

Israel finally named the Armenian genocide. That was the easy part

Armenian schoolchildren march through Jerusalem to mark Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, April 23, 2023 (courtesy)

Historical truth has prevailed, but as long as Israel prioritizes its ties to Azerbaijan, Armenia will doubt its sincerity

Sheldon Kirshner

Jul 1, 2026, 8:09 PM

Israel Finally Recognizes The Armenian Genocide

In a decision presumably driven by its currently abysmal relations with Turkey, Israel recently recognized the Armenian genocide. "It's never too late to do the right thing," Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar wrote on X after the Israeli cabinet unanimously...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jun 30, 2026, 10:31 AM

Truth, Timing, and Turkey: Why Israel Finally Recognized the Armenian Genocide

Memorial to the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan, Armenia.

History did not change on the day Israel's Cabinet voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide. Politics did. The Armenian Genocide was a historical fact in 1915. It remained a historical fact while governments debated whether acknowledging it was politically convenient. It...

Jun 14, 2026, 6:07 PM

Erdogan Exposed the Lie Beneath Ataturk’s Republic

Erdogan is not the deviation that ruined a clean republic. He is the loud voice of a state tradition Ankara had long sold as Western, secular and safe. Jerusalem, Athens and Brussels now face the same mistake: the belief...

Apr 27, 2026, 5:56 PM

Not All Allies Are Created Equal

It’s not exactly the most controversial thing to say that we live in one of the most polarized times in history. For Zionists, especially those of us in the Diaspora, this is even more apparent; our numbers seem few,...

Dec 5, 2025, 6:50 PM

Why Israel and Armenia aren’t closer — and why that may finally change

Top Armenian officials meet Nov. 28 with Israeli officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. (Photo courtesy Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

For decades, Armenia and Israel have had every reason to be close—yet were blocked by geopolitics. That may now be changing, in some under-the-radar drama on the world stage. It would be a long overdue correction for the many Israelis...

Sep 17, 2025, 7:38 AM

In Praise of Jewish Inconvenience

There is, in our age of instant verdicts, a peculiar hostility to memory when it declines to behave. The killings of 7 October, in which about 1,200 Jews were murdered in southern Israel, are admitted with a pained nod...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Sep 7, 2025, 12:54 AM

Who’s against genocide?

If you're part of the solution, you're part of the problem There are so many genocides, I can't address them all. Let's pinpoint a number of (descendants of) perpetrators now falsely accusing Israel. Greenlandic Inuit If you don't acknowledge that this...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Sep 1, 2025, 8:06 AM

Netanyahu’s Recognition of the Armenian Genocide: Turning Point or Diversion?

For the first time in history, an Israeli prime minister has publicly recognized the Armenian Genocide. On August 26, 2025, during an interview on the PBD Podcast, Benjamin Netanyahu, when pressed on why Israel has not officially acknowledged the...

Aug 15, 2025, 5:09 PM

Armenia, extending its reach, opens an embassy in Cyprus

All original 36 letters of the Armenian alphabet are engraved onto a wall at the Melkonian Educational Institute in Nicosia, Cyprus. (Larry Luxner)

NICOSIA—More than 30 years after the establishment of bilateral relations, Armenia has at last opened an embassy on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It’s an important milestone for both countries, which share a common Christian Orthodox faith as well as...

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