Dean Cain, who played Superman in “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”, which ran on American TV from 1993-1997, has  told The Jerusalem Post that he hoped every government would recognize the Armenian Genocide because “it’s a historic fact.”

Cain arrived in Israel on Tuesday with Laura McKenzie, a travel writer for USA Today who hosts her own TV program, Laura McKenzie’s traveler. The two will be filming an episode of the show in Israel.

“I want to come in and say hello, and probably state the obvious – that Israel has a special place in the heart of people in the US. The two countries are special friends,” Cain said in the interview.

Cain has recently co-produced the “Architects of Denial” documentary on the Armenian Genocide.

Israel has not recognized the events of 1915 as genocide.

In the interview with The JerusalemPost, Cain said he wouldn’t tell a foreign country what to do.

“I do understand the political ramifications in the US – it’s because we have diplomatic relations with Turkey. For anyone who studies genocide or history, it’s very clear the genocide took place. It’s not the people of Turkey today who did it, or even the government... It was horrible – call it what it was,” Cain is quoted as saying.

Cain met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday.