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Yeshiva World News, Israel
June 9 2010
Professors Want Action Against Turkey
(Wednesday, June 9th, 2010)
As Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues playing the
world's champion of human rights, four professors from Bar Ilan and
Georgetown Universities have sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu seeking official Israeli recognition of the Armenian
genocide and an official call to Turkey to bring an end to its
occupation of Cyprus.
Signing the letter are Professors Yossi Katz, David Tzuriel, and
Yaakov Katz, all from Bar Ilan and Dr. Ofir Yisraeli from Georgetown.
In the letter, they decry Turkey's `hypocrisy', pointing out that
despite the many agreements signed between Israel and Turkey, the
latter is rapidly become an adversary of Israel.
The academics feel that over the years, Israel has refrained from
addressing the slaughter of Armenians during World War I and
immediately thereafter, opting to place strategic ties with Turkey
over doing the correct thing, but now, Israel can indeed adopt a
morally commendable position towards compelling Turkey to accept
responsibility for its actions.
They area also calling to demand that Turkey make painful concessions
regarding its ongoing occupation, including autonomy for the Kurds
located in southeastern Turkey.
The professors urge the prime minister to adopt their position,
implementing the new rules of play as Turkey has done. They point out
that such a step is critical towards revealing Turkey's hypocrisy to
the world following the Gaza flotilla incident and Turkey's
self-portrayal as a champion of peace and justice.
(Yechiel Spira ` YWN Israel)
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/61559/Professors-Want-Action-Against-Turkey.html
From: A. Papazian
June 9 2010
Professors Want Action Against Turkey
(Wednesday, June 9th, 2010)
As Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues playing the
world's champion of human rights, four professors from Bar Ilan and
Georgetown Universities have sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin
Netanyahu seeking official Israeli recognition of the Armenian
genocide and an official call to Turkey to bring an end to its
occupation of Cyprus.
Signing the letter are Professors Yossi Katz, David Tzuriel, and
Yaakov Katz, all from Bar Ilan and Dr. Ofir Yisraeli from Georgetown.
In the letter, they decry Turkey's `hypocrisy', pointing out that
despite the many agreements signed between Israel and Turkey, the
latter is rapidly become an adversary of Israel.
The academics feel that over the years, Israel has refrained from
addressing the slaughter of Armenians during World War I and
immediately thereafter, opting to place strategic ties with Turkey
over doing the correct thing, but now, Israel can indeed adopt a
morally commendable position towards compelling Turkey to accept
responsibility for its actions.
They area also calling to demand that Turkey make painful concessions
regarding its ongoing occupation, including autonomy for the Kurds
located in southeastern Turkey.
The professors urge the prime minister to adopt their position,
implementing the new rules of play as Turkey has done. They point out
that such a step is critical towards revealing Turkey's hypocrisy to
the world following the Gaza flotilla incident and Turkey's
self-portrayal as a champion of peace and justice.
(Yechiel Spira ` YWN Israel)
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/61559/Professors-Want-Action-Against-Turkey.html
From: A. Papazian