Jews didn't support the designation of the Armenian Genocide, why now?

Jewish lawmakers, as recently as 2007, were not in favor of designating the Armenian Genocide as such, yet today they do. What changed over time is the crumbling of the Turkey-Israel alliance.

People wave Armenian and US flags in front of the US Embassy in the Armenian capital Yerevan after President Joe Biden recognized the 1915 killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide, April 24, 2021.

(photo credit: KAREN MINASYAN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

APRIL 27, 2021 01:15

Updated: APRIL 27, 2021 01:16

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