PM Pashinyan warned Armenia does not wish to engage with 'weaponization' of the 1915 genocide

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Why has Israel this week moved to officially recognize the Armenian genocide - the killing of around 1.5 million ppl by Ottoman Turks over a century ago?

It's not a question with easy answers.

And the ripple effects could be widely felt...not just in Turkey, where president Erdogan has pointed to the allegations that Israel itself has committed a far more recent genocide in Gaza... but also in Azerbaijan, a key ally of both Israel and Ankara. ...