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The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Wednesday approved a motion to begin discussing in one of its committees the alleged Ottoman-era genocide of Armenians.
According to the IzRus news portal, the lawmakers approved putting the issue on the agenda with a 12-8 vote. The initiative was supported by representatives of the Meretz and Avoda parties, a former journalist, as well as ethnic Arab MPs. The most arduous opponents were members of the Israel – Our Home party.
The motion was initiated by MP Haim Oron of Meretz. Preliminary discussions are likely to take place at the Knesset committee on foreign relations and security. Among its members are Zeyev Elkin, a Likud party representative who backs Oron, and Robert Ilatov, an arduous opponent of discussing the alleged genocide, who chairs the Israel-Azerbaijan parliamentary group friendship.
Historians note that during the developments in the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, Armenians had begun an uprising. They had taken up arms against Turkey and assisted Russia, one of Turkey’s enemies in WWI. To counter these actions, the Ottoman Empire approved a decision to resettle the Armenians. However, the latter claim that their predecessors were subjected to genocide in the process, while Ankara rejects the allegations.*