Prominent Jewish Genocide scholar Israel W. Charny has said he is ashamed of Israel's arming of Azerbaijan and its failure to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide. In a fresh article he penned for The Times of Israel, Charny asks a question to his country: "Suppose the Nazis were not murdering Jews but were murdering "only", say, Slavs, Gypsies, and Jehovah’s Witnesses; and suppose our beloved State of Israel were in existence: Would you agree to our selling arms to the Nazis?"

Charny said he is ashamed that an Israeli drone in the hands of Azerbaijan was responsible for the deaths of six Armenians in Karabakh, and that Israel continues arming Azerbaijan even during the war.

"The Armenians were the victims of a major genocide 100 years ago. For many years now, we Israelis have insulted and hurt the Armenian people by failing to recognize their genocide officially and formally. Would we ourselves tolerate another government – say the U.S. or England – refusing to recognize the Holocaust because of their realpolitik interest with the perpetrator government?" the scholar says.

"In general, how willing are we Israelis to strengthen our economy by lucrative arms sales? Of course, “everyone” in the world is doing it, but do we have to also? An alternative principle could be that we build arms first and foremost for the defense of Israel, and that we supply arms only to underdog peoples who are facing mass destruction and to allies like the US that are essentially committed to shared democratic values and to peace. Of course we will still make some mistakes, but at least our conscience will be more clear that we have not delivered arms to the ‘Nazis'."

Azerbaijan, with help from Turkey, launched a large-scale offensive against Karabakh (Artsakh) in the morning of September 27, shelling Armenian positions and civilian settlements with large caliber weapons and rocket systems. Armenia and Karabakh have introduced martial law and total mobilization. The Armenian side has reported deaths and injuries both among the civilian population and the military. International and local journalists too have been injured in Azeri shelling of towns and villages, as well as the iconic Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi. Before a humanitarian ceasefire could begin on October 10, Azerbaijan launched a new offensive and struck settlements both in Karabakh and Armenia.