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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED IN KNESSET
Yerkir
02.04.2008 15:02
Yerevan (Yerkir) - ARF's Hay Dat committee of Jerusalem has said that
the Israeli Knesset (parliament) passed a decision on April 1 that
the Armenian genocide issue should be discussed in the committee on
foreign and defense issues.
The discussion is expected to be held in mid May.
The Knesset approved on March 26 the proposal by the socialist Meretz
party leader Haim Oron to discuss the issue of recognition of the
Armenian genocide by Israel. Oron had proposed that the education
committee be considered as the main one to discuss the issue but the
Knesset decided to take it to the committee on foreign and defense
affairs whose meetings are held behind closed doors. Such a proposal
was made by Joseph Shagal, originating from Baku, who had engaged
in a brawl with Zeev Elkin, the chairperson of the Armenia-Israel
friendship group.
After the meeting, Shagal, who also is the chairman of the
Israel-Azerbaijan friendship group, speaking to journalists, questioned
the fact of the Armenian genocide, saying the Armenians were killed
in the Ottoman Empire not because they were Armenians but because
they betrayed the Ottoman Empire by allying with Russians. He said
he believed the issue will be rejected in the committee.
Elkin said he would continue to work to have the issue discussed in
the education committee.
Yerkir
02.04.2008 15:02
Yerevan (Yerkir) - ARF's Hay Dat committee of Jerusalem has said that
the Israeli Knesset (parliament) passed a decision on April 1 that
the Armenian genocide issue should be discussed in the committee on
foreign and defense issues.
The discussion is expected to be held in mid May.
The Knesset approved on March 26 the proposal by the socialist Meretz
party leader Haim Oron to discuss the issue of recognition of the
Armenian genocide by Israel. Oron had proposed that the education
committee be considered as the main one to discuss the issue but the
Knesset decided to take it to the committee on foreign and defense
affairs whose meetings are held behind closed doors. Such a proposal
was made by Joseph Shagal, originating from Baku, who had engaged
in a brawl with Zeev Elkin, the chairperson of the Armenia-Israel
friendship group.
After the meeting, Shagal, who also is the chairman of the
Israel-Azerbaijan friendship group, speaking to journalists, questioned
the fact of the Armenian genocide, saying the Armenians were killed
in the Ottoman Empire not because they were Armenians but because
they betrayed the Ottoman Empire by allying with Russians. He said
he believed the issue will be rejected in the committee.
Elkin said he would continue to work to have the issue discussed in
the education committee.