Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin announced, at Monday's meeting of the Knesset presidium, that the Knesset will discuss the genocide of Armenians by Turkey as it has in recent years.
Rivlin said, "as Jewsandas human beingswe cannot ignorethis issue andwe must notturn away fromour commitment tomorality.Asthose who strugglein the global arenaagainst Holocaust denial,we must notagreeto deny thetragedyof another people.We are notaffected inthis matter,byrelations with Turkeyora specific political situation,but relate to thetragichistoricaleventthat the worldshould be awareof andavoid any possibilityof it repeatingitself."