The speaker of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, on Tuesday described the 1915 Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey as genocide and urged the Jewish state to officially recognize it.
"It is no secret that Israel has taken too ambivalent a stance on the Armenian genocide," "The Jerusalem Post" quoted Yuli Edelstein as saying during a special Knesset debate on the issue.
"There are many reasons, diplomatic and otherwise, for the Israeli stance being too hesitant and restrained, which downplayed the magnitude of the historical event. We Jews, who are still suffering from the impact of the Holocaust, cannot minimize the tragedy," Edelstein said.
Israel "cannot afford to remain silent" and should thoroughly examine its official position," he added, according to "The Times of Israel."
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