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Newsom’s Billionaire Tax, Iran War Escalates & Israel Acknowledges Genocide | PBD Podcast #825
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Israel Officially Recognizes the Armenian Genocide
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Patrick reads the Israeli government press release: Foreign Minister Gideon Saar proposed the resolution and stated 'it is never too late to do the right thing,' explicitly acknowledging Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks. An embedded clip surfaces the moment from a previous PBD episode where Bet-David directly asked Netanyahu why Israel hadn't recognized the genocide — and Netanyahu said, 'I just did.' That exchange is now official cabinet policy. Adam gets personal: as someone whose family fled Russian pogroms and who lost relatives in the Holocaust, he understands viscerally what it means when a genocide goes unacknowledged. PBD shares a map of the Ottoman-era massacres — from 1.5 million Armenians in Western Armenia to 750,000 in Mesopotamia — noting the Assyrian and Greek victims are rarely discussed alongside Armenians. Adam notes a pointed irony: Erdoğan's Turkey, which perpetrated these crimes and refuses to acknowledge them, has been loudly accusing Israel of genocide. [1] — Patrick Bet-David "Israel's cabinet unanimously approved recognition of the Armenian Genocide following Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's proposal. Notably, Neta…" 1:08:00
Israel's cabinet unanimously approved Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's resolution to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide, with the measure also going to the Knesset.
Israel's cabinet unanimously approved recognition of the Armenian Genocide following Foreign Minister Gideon Saar's proposal. Notably, Netanyahu first publicly acknowledged the genocide when directly asked by Patrick Bet-David on this podcast. The resolution will now go before the Knesset — a significant moral and diplomatic reversal given Israel's historically delicate relationship with Turkey.
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