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Azg Daily, Armenia
April 17 2010
HAIM ORON TO INITIATE DEBATE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN KNESSET APRIL 28
Chairman of Meretz bloc and member of the Israeli Knesset Haim Oron,
who is the main supporter of the Armenian Genocide recognition, will
submit a debate on the issue on April 28. However, according to him,
his expectations are more than skeptical.
As April 24, when this date is commemorated worldwide, is Saturday,
Oron is going to offer this delicate issue for a discussion on April
28, after the parliamentary vacation, PanArmenian.net reports.
"I stay in touch with Armenian organizations, but this year the
government will bury this issue sooner than last time," Izsrus portal
quoted Oron as saying. "Currently Yerevan and Ankara are in a process
of negotiations, and many people do not recommend interfering. I do
not see any connection between the events which happened 95 years ago
and current geopolitics of the region, but these are the realities."
According to the source, after the appointment of Ze'ev Elkin of Likud
party to the post of chairman of the coalition, Oron has lost his ally
in the struggle for the Armenian Genocide recognition. "Earlier, he
was the leader of Israel-Armenia parliamentary friendship group,
however, now we shall wait to see what pressure will be exerted on him
by the coalition fellows. I will talk to him soon¦ Despite sharp
cooling in the Turkish-Israeli relations and many people's desire to
do a bad turn to Turkey, I have skeptical expectations," said Oron.
April 17 2010
HAIM ORON TO INITIATE DEBATE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN KNESSET APRIL 28
Chairman of Meretz bloc and member of the Israeli Knesset Haim Oron,
who is the main supporter of the Armenian Genocide recognition, will
submit a debate on the issue on April 28. However, according to him,
his expectations are more than skeptical.
As April 24, when this date is commemorated worldwide, is Saturday,
Oron is going to offer this delicate issue for a discussion on April
28, after the parliamentary vacation, PanArmenian.net reports.
"I stay in touch with Armenian organizations, but this year the
government will bury this issue sooner than last time," Izsrus portal
quoted Oron as saying. "Currently Yerevan and Ankara are in a process
of negotiations, and many people do not recommend interfering. I do
not see any connection between the events which happened 95 years ago
and current geopolitics of the region, but these are the realities."
According to the source, after the appointment of Ze'ev Elkin of Likud
party to the post of chairman of the coalition, Oron has lost his ally
in the struggle for the Armenian Genocide recognition. "Earlier, he
was the leader of Israel-Armenia parliamentary friendship group,
however, now we shall wait to see what pressure will be exerted on him
by the coalition fellows. I will talk to him soon¦ Despite sharp
cooling in the Turkish-Israeli relations and many people's desire to
do a bad turn to Turkey, I have skeptical expectations," said Oron.