Netanyahu personally blocked the Knesset vote on recognizing the Armenian Genocide, stepping in after Azerbaijan's President Aliyev's adviser Hikmet Hajiyev contacted his office.

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Netanyahu personally blocked the Knesset vote on recognizing the Armenian Genocide, stepping in after Azerbaijan's President Aliyev's adviser Hikmet Hajiyev contacted his office. Israel's Cabinet unanimously recognized the Armenian Genocide on 28 June 2026, but the follow-up Knesset vote needed to make it formal state policy was pulled from the agenda under Azerbaijani pressure. With the Knesset in recess and elections on 27 October, it won't advance soon, leaving it a reversible government re