It is not normal when descendants of Holocaust victims sell weapons to neo-Nazis and they use them to commit a genocide of another people. Davit Babayan, Advisor to the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) President, stated this, commenting for Armenian News-NEWS.am on the sale of weapons by Israel to Azerbaijan and Turkey and the reaction of the Armenian society.

"Recently the purposeful work of the Azerbaijani-Turkish special services through different fake accounts for the purpose of stirring up anti-Semitism in the Armenian society is noticeable in different social networks. It is connected with the sales of arms by Israel to Azerbaijan and Turkey.

We believe that these attempts should not achieve their goal and affect the relations of the Armenian and Jewish peoples. Antisemitism, as well as any negative attitude on the basis of nationality, is disgusting and unacceptable. We have absolutely no claims to the Jewish people. The history and destiny of our peoples have much in common. Armenia is probably the only place on earth where there have never been manifestations of anti-Semitism on a state or public level.

For centuries, Jews have lived in Armenia and made up the majority of the population in some cities. No historical document has ever recorded the slightest case of anti-Semitism. We must support the historical heritage and in no way succumb to the provocations of the Azerbaijani-Turkish special services and some domestic users, who give in to emotions and push the topic, not really thinking it over," Davit Babayan said.

The Artsakh president's advisor noted that some circles in the government of Israel have very close ties with Azerbaijan and Turkey, which predetermines negative trends in the foreign policy of this state. "Business is business, but in fact, it turns out that some representatives of the Jewish people - people who survived the Holocaust, who became one of the main victims of fascism and Nazism, I emphasize - some representatives of the Israeli government, take advantage of the cooperation with Erdogan from the financial point of view. With this man who worships Hitler, for whom Hitler is an idol, who has declared to the whole world that Hitler is the best example of an effective leader for him. That is, they cooperate with the henchmen of Nazism, with neo-Nazis.

This is unacceptable. We know that the public in Israel does not accept such behavior and that there is a very serious discontent in Israeli society. Therefore, one also should never equate the authorities of Israel and the Jewish people. This is only a limited circle of businessmen from the authorities, and the weapons they are selling to the hands of Nazis lead to a genocide of the Armenian people. The Armenian nation has a lot in common with the Jewish people. Thus, the situation is rather paradoxical.

But I am more than sure that everything must be done to ensure that the ties between the Armenian and Jewish people do not suffer in any way from the activities of these sorrowful representatives of the Israeli establishment," Davit Babayan stated. He also cited Stalin's rejected proposals to exterminate the German people during the war as a historical example. "But while everyone in the German leadership at that time was a Nazi, not everyone in the Israeli government has business ties with Erdogan and Aliyev. The Jewish people themselves understand the paradoxical situation, and that someone in the government shows disrespect for the victims of the Holocaust," concluded the advisor to the President of Artsakh.