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Israel's Fingerprints Are All Over the Ethnic Cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh - Haaretz Editorial - Haaretz.com posted at 06:21:47 UTC   via   haaretz.com Opinion  |  Haaretz Editorial Editorial | Haaretz Editorial Sep 27, 2023 Get email notification for articles from Haaretz Editorial Follow Sep 27, 2023 Haaretz Editorial Get email notification for articles from Haaretz Editorial Follow The Armenians fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh en masse still remember the first years after the Soviet Union fell apart, when their community suffered war and mass slaughter. But they also remember the more distant history of the genocide perpetrated against their countrymen by the Ottoman Empire. Consequently, they are rightly unwilling to rely on the mercy of the Azeri security services, who in recent years haven’t hesitated to attack Armenian civilians and civilian targets and commit war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh. Paid by the office of attorney Rakefet Shfaim Save Save article t...

  Michael Novakhov's favorite articles on   Inoreader The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Ends, But Will Another Begin? posted at 19:16:48 UTC   via   cepa.org The de-facto Armenian authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh announced on September 28 the dismantling of all institutions by January, marking the end of the enclave, which dates back to the beginning of the Soviet period. The Armenian government of the region, which it calls Artsakh, has dissolved, its army surrendered, and one of its former  leaders was arrested , all in the space of a few days. It is an ignominious end to a 35-year-old statelet. This also marks an end to a tragic story of one of the most brutal territorial and ethnic conflicts in what was once the Soviet Union, and ushers in an interesting precedent where a post-Soviet country successfully reconquered its lost territories. Azerbaijan’s victory changes the ethnic composition on the ground. At the time of publication, more than 50% of Karabakh’s Arme...