Knesset member, Likud party chairman Zeev Elkin supported the Armenian Genocide recognition by Israel.

In his address to the Israeli parliament, Elkin said that the Jewish state, which reverently treats the memory of the Holocaust victims and demands other countries’ respectful attitude towards it, has no moral right to ignore the tragedy of the Armenian people.

“The Israeli state, which demands worldwide recognition of the historical justice and observance of moral norms, cannot act contrary to these urges, being guided by narrow political ideas. It is high time to stop pleasing Turkey and eventually recognize the Armenian Genocide. The Jewish state should have been among the first ones to declare its official recognition,” IzRus portal quoted Elkin as saying.

A vote for transferring the issue of Armenian Genocide recognition to the committee of Education, Culture and Sports headed by Alex Miller was held in Knesset, with the initiative unilaterally approved on May 18.

The initiative was advanced by a member of the Knesset for Meretz Zahava Gal-On who replaced the head of the party, main lobbyist of Armenia Haim Oron.