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In a historic first, Netanyahu calls Ottoman-era killings genocide

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In a historic first, Netanyahu calls Ottoman-era killings genocide

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, for the first time, recognized the mass killings of Armenians, Greeks and Assyrians by the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century as genocide, a declaration laced with political irony given that Turkey has accused Israel of the same crime in Gaza.

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