The Knesset (parliament) of Israel rejected a bill sponsored by Yesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid to have Israel recognize the Armenian Genocide, in a preliminary vote Wednesday, reported The Jerusalem Post.

“There is no reason that the Knesset, which represents a nation that went through the Holocaust, shouldn’t recognize the Armenian Genocide and have a remembrance day for it,” Lapid said.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely, however, said Israel sent a parliamentary delegation to the Genocide 100th anniversary event in Yerevan—the capital city of Armenia, but it will not take an official stance on the matter, “in light of its complexity and diplomatic repercussions, and because it has a clear political connection.”

In 2015, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein had called on the government to change its stance, and in 2016, the Knesset Education Committee had recognized the Armenian Genocide.