Azerbaijan issues rare rebuke against key ally Israel over Armenian genocide recognition

Azerbaijan issues rare rebuke against key ally Israel over Armenian genocide recognition Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Mon, 06/29/2026 - 09:30 Israel's Likud-led government made the a move on Sunday in what is widely seen as a swipe against Turkey Members of the Armenian community in Israel hold banners as well as Armenian and Israeli national flags in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on 6 November 2020 (AFP) Off The Israeli government’s decision on Sunday to formally recognise the Armenian genocide has drawn a rare rebuke from Azerbaijan , a close Israeli ally. In an official statement, Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry said the Israeli decision was a matter of “serious concern". The ministry called the recognition a "distortion of the historical facts" and "the reduction of a complex historical issue to a political decision".