Marc Regev: Israel's government has said previously that massacres were perpetrated against Armenians and expressed sympathy for their suffering. But it stopped short of calling it genocide. There is no change" in Israel's policy.
"The Ottoman Empire had no mercy on children, women and old people. This slaughter is described in historical documents, bulletins and testimony of witnesses," Italian La Stampa reminds.
The entire Armenian-American community stands united with Speaker Pelosi and commends her for standing firm in the face of this alarmist drumbeat and outright blackmail by Turkey and its deniers.