System of a Down's Serj Tankian reacted to Israel's cabinet vote to recognize the Armenian Genocide, posting a video to his Instagram story on June 29, 2026.
His full statement:
"For many years, Israel's government used AIPAC to lobby the US Congress to not recognize the Armenian genocide, to prevent Congress from recognizing the Armenian genocide, due to their relationship with Turkey, their intelligence sharing with Turkey, et cetera.
Today, the Netanyahu cabinet decided to recognize the Armenian genocide of 1915 โ a genocide that led Hitler thinking that he could do what he could do to the Jews in the 1930s and 1940s.
The fact that this government is already committing genocide in Gaza and Lebanon decided to recognize the genocide of my grandparents is the worst f***ing thing that they could have done to Armenians โ by using our history, our genocide, our pain to their political advantage.
F*** you."
A really endearing full-circle moment for me that @mgrmagazine is doing a rowdy screening of NACHO LIBRE for its 20th anniversary ๐ฅฒ I was in the theaters for it 4th of July Weekend 2006 hooting and hollering and running in the aisles ๐ญ
This upcoming June will mark the 20th anniversary of the release of Jared Hessโs NACHO LIBRE, which has grown to be a modern classic for young millennials. Join us on June 20th as we celebrate the film at @TheFridaCinema!