Speaker of the Knesset Yuli Edelstein (Likud) has called on the government to formally recognize the Armenian genocide. "The State of Israel must reevaluate the criteria for its position, since none of us can change the history," he said.

Over 90 percent of the Armenian population in Turkey was killed in 1915, but Turkey refuses to acknowledge the acts as an attempted genocide. World governments are divided on their stances and leaders frequently change their statements. While campaigning, US President Barack Obama promised to acknowledge the massacre as a genocide, but since becoming president has refused to do so.