In the evening on March 26 something that the Armenians wouldn't even dream about happened; those who are for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide managed to have the first success in the Knesset. As the newspaper "Haaretz"
writes, instead of the minister of foreign affairs Tsipi Livni ("Kadima"), the government's viewpoint was introduced by the minister of agriculture Shalom Simkhon ("Avod"). He delivered his objections regarding the reconsideration of the given issue at the plenary session, however he unexpectedly agreed with the initiative of the deputy Zeyev Elkin ("Kadima"), the chairman of the Parliamentary Association of the Israeli-Armenian friendship, who suggested bringing out the issue of the
recognition of the Armenian Genocide.