Jewish Community Recognised Armenian Genocide

[Nahapetian Lilit]

JEWISH COMMUNITY RECOGNISED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

Panorama.am
19:31 10/04/2008

Jewish community of Armenia applied to Israeli Knesset for recognizing
the Armenian Genocide. Today the representatives of the Jewish
community Rima Varzjapetyan, Yevgenia Pliner-Ghazaryan and Rubina
Avagyan met with the journalists.

"The question of the Armenian Genocide recognition is already
raised and we are sure that Israel will accept it," said Rima
Varzhapetyan. "I think that we are wrong to say that Jewish people
do not want to recognize Armenian genocide in order their holocaust
is not forgotten, but the free experts have not yet gave their final
decision and comments," the head of the community and added that for
the Armenian Jewish people the question is obvious and they accept it.

According to her we can not say that Israel as a country recognizes
Armenian genocide. "It is the time to put the question of Armenian
Genocide on the table of discussion in Knesset. This year the active
discussions are being held and the question is put in the agenda,"
she said.