JNS: Campaign against the church in Armenia raises fears the Jewish community could face similar treatment

Published: 2026-01-09 13:32

"As Armenia seeks favor and enhanced status in Washington, Europe and with Israel, the danger signs of the Armenian prime minister’s conduct cannot be countenanced. International religious freedom and other fundamental human rights are at stake. In Israel, where protections are given to all religions, religious institutions, properties and people, it is essential to take note—and not to give a blind free pass to Armenia’s prime minister," writes the U.S.-based news agency Jewish News Syndicate (JNS).

"Like Israel, it (Armenia) extends religious freedom to people who live there, including Yazidis, and a small but thriving Jewish community. The prime minister’s campaign against the church and its supporters threatens this. If the government is allowed to trample on the rights of Armenia’s national church with impunity, what is to stop Armenia’s Jews from suffering the same treatment, as soon as they likewise become ‘inconvenient’?” JNS adds.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News