Anti-Semitism in Armenia increases amid Israeli-Azerbaijani cooperation

The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs of the State of Israel has prepared an annual report on anti-Semitism in the world, Report informs, referring to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

This report, published on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27, assesses the anti-Semitic situation in the world in 2020.

The report says that anti-Semitism is on the rise in Armenia. Thus, the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as political cooperation and defense trade between Israel and Azerbaijan, have led to an alarming increase in the bar of anti-Semitism in Armenia.

It is noted that political criticism was soon replaced by attacks against an ethnic-religious background and accusations against Jews of alleged historical and contemporary crimes against the Armenian people.