The Knesset (Parliament) of Israel will hold a ceremony Tuesday to mark the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide that was committed in Ottoman Turkey 98 years ago. 

The Turkish authorities refuse to use the term “genocide” to describe this event and, also, they threaten with certain actions those countries that use this term, Israel National News reports.

Against the backdrop of the talks to restore relations between Israel and Turkey, Knesset former Speaker MK Reuven Rivlin (Likud) specifically said as follows:

“As human beings and as Jews, we must not ignore the catastrophe of another nation for any reason, including diplomatic considerations, important as they may be. We will mark the annual memorial day for the massacre of the Armenian people regardless of the relations with today’s Turkey, which is an ally.”