Israel has No Right to be Apathetic or Deny Tragedies: Knesset Speaker on Armenian Genocide

In a special Knesset plenum session marking the International Holocaust Day, Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said Israel cannot deny tragedies that take place in other nations, whether they are “Armenian, Syrian or others.”

“Israel does not have the right to engage in Machiavellian politics and deny the tragedies or genocides of other nations like the Syrians or Armenians.

“We do not have the right to be apathetic towards attempts at genocide in Africa, Asia or the Middle East, just as we do not have the privilege to be apathetic towards those who threaten us,” he said, as reported by the Israeli press.