Israeli media continue to cover the August 9, 2020 rally of hundreds of Azerbaijani Jews living in Tel Aviv in support of the independent Azerbaijani state and protesting against Armenian aggression.
The State Committee for Work with the Diaspora has issued a statement in this regard.
"Jewish Hundreds of Azerbaijani Jews in Israel Oppose Armenian Aggression," The Jewish Press reported in an ILTV report on Israel's "Israeli News" program. gathered in front of the church.
Our compatriots are outraged by the news that the Armenian armed forces shelled the state border in the direction of the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan, killing 12 servicemen and a 76-year-old civilian. They strongly protested against Armenia's occupation of the Azerbaijani lands of Nagorno-Karabakh and seven adjacent regions for many years.
Rabbi Shmuel Siman Tov, political analyst Arye Gut, head of the "Azerbaijan House in Israel" Shirin Nexamia Michaeli and others spoke at the event, reiterating Israel's solidarity with Azerbaijan, which is ruled by multiculturalism and tolerance.
They said they could not damage the strategic partnership between the two countries by insulting the memory of the victims of the Holocaust by erecting a statue of the fascist puppet Garegin Njde.
Recalling the fact that Azerbaijanis of Jewish origin were killed in the battles for the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, the speakers demanded the liberation of the historical Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and seven adjacent regions from Armenian occupation and the return of more than one million Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs.
It should be noted that the plot, broadcast from ILTV's "Israel News" program from 13.33, provides detailed information about the action in Tel Aviv, the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the latest military provocations of the Armenian armed forces, as well as the views of Tovuz residents.
