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ARMENIAN-JEWISH COALITION PETITION GETS 12,000 SIGNATURES FOR GENOCIDE
Armen Hareyan
HULIQ.com
June 17 2010
SC
Nearly 12,000 people have signed under the petition organized by
Armenian-Jewish Coalition of Boston area communities asking the U.S.
Congress and president Barack Obama to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
As a response to Anti-Defamation League's lobbying for the Turkish
Government against recognition of the Armenian Genocide the dialogue
between the Armenian and Jewish communities in Boston area has created
the Recognize the Armenian Genocide project. However, the group will
now have more supporters from the Jewish and neo-con circles as the
recent actions of Turkey have made many of its friends in Washington
to switch sides.
The multitude of those who have signed the petition shows that
Americans across the country demand that the government takes action
and calls the events of 1915 in Turkey as the genocide of the Armenian
nation. This shows that the issue of the Armenian Genocide has grown
from being just an Armenian concern to a an issue that according
to Americans should relate to the U.S. foreign policy. This is an
issue of human rights and international justice, Laura Poghosian,
who heads the Armenian-Jewish coalition, has said.
Currently the goal is to reach 15,000 signatures. The petition is at
Change.org. More than 20 countries in the world and 43 U.S. states have
recognized the Armenian genocide. It is safe to say that the majority
of the United States has already recognized the Armenian Genocide,
but the federal government has not called it a genocide yet because
of the fear that it will hurt ties with Turkey.
However, now it seems that Turkey is loosing many friends in Washington
D.C. and in Tel Aviv, which has many friends in the United States. The
balance may shift and president Obama next year may already be under
pressure from the Anti-Defamation League and the AIPAC to call the
1915 events as genocide.
The petition is currently being signed at Tell Congress To Recognize
The Armenian Genocide section of Change.org.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee recognized the Armenian genocide
on March 4 despite heavy pressure from Turkey. At this time there is
no set date to bring the resolution before the full House.
From: A. Papazian
Armen Hareyan
HULIQ.com
June 17 2010
SC
Nearly 12,000 people have signed under the petition organized by
Armenian-Jewish Coalition of Boston area communities asking the U.S.
Congress and president Barack Obama to recognize the Armenian Genocide.
As a response to Anti-Defamation League's lobbying for the Turkish
Government against recognition of the Armenian Genocide the dialogue
between the Armenian and Jewish communities in Boston area has created
the Recognize the Armenian Genocide project. However, the group will
now have more supporters from the Jewish and neo-con circles as the
recent actions of Turkey have made many of its friends in Washington
to switch sides.
The multitude of those who have signed the petition shows that
Americans across the country demand that the government takes action
and calls the events of 1915 in Turkey as the genocide of the Armenian
nation. This shows that the issue of the Armenian Genocide has grown
from being just an Armenian concern to a an issue that according
to Americans should relate to the U.S. foreign policy. This is an
issue of human rights and international justice, Laura Poghosian,
who heads the Armenian-Jewish coalition, has said.
Currently the goal is to reach 15,000 signatures. The petition is at
Change.org. More than 20 countries in the world and 43 U.S. states have
recognized the Armenian genocide. It is safe to say that the majority
of the United States has already recognized the Armenian Genocide,
but the federal government has not called it a genocide yet because
of the fear that it will hurt ties with Turkey.
However, now it seems that Turkey is loosing many friends in Washington
D.C. and in Tel Aviv, which has many friends in the United States. The
balance may shift and president Obama next year may already be under
pressure from the Anti-Defamation League and the AIPAC to call the
1915 events as genocide.
The petition is currently being signed at Tell Congress To Recognize
The Armenian Genocide section of Change.org.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee recognized the Armenian genocide
on March 4 despite heavy pressure from Turkey. At this time there is
no set date to bring the resolution before the full House.
From: A. Papazian