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ISRAELI MP ON BEHIND-THE-SCENE STRUGGLES OF MPS TO GAIN PUBLICITY ON "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE"
Today
http://www.today.az/news/reg ions/67239.html
May 4 2010
Azerbaijan
Deputy Head of Israeli parliament's committee on foreign affairs
and security, head of the "Israel-Azerbaijan" Inter-Parliamentary
Association Robert Ilatov told Israeli IzRus portal about the
behind-the-scenes struggles for recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
in the Israeli Knesset.
On April 28, Knesset passed a decision 12 to 8 to include "Armenian
genocide" into the agenda of the parliament. In an interview with
the portal IzRus, Ilatov, one of the MPs who voted against, spoke
about his vision of the situation. He also spoke about the motives
of parliamentarians in heated discussions over events that took place
95 years ago.
"I am against recognizing the "Armenian genocide" for several reasons,"
Ilatov said.
"It is about the events that took place long before the Israeli
state was founded. We are not International Court on Human Rights
and also not a tribunal to decide whether these century-old events
can be labeled as genocide or not. Apart from this, such kind of
issues must be handed to historians, but not lobbyists who persuade
parliamentarians to recognize or reject the "genocide," the Israeli
mp said.
Ilatov believes that a number of MPs intentionally seek recognition of
the "Armenian genocide" aim to draw attention of press. The opportunity
to act as defender of wretched and oppressed people mainly attracts
representatives of small parties, he added.
"They know that Turkey will react to these debates and they will have
a chance to show up in media. That is why head of the MERETZ party
Haim Oron has offered to debate this issue in the Knesset many times
although he knows that it will be a failure," the Israeli MP noted.
Right after the voting, MP Oron told IzRus that Knesset's organization
committee has been tasked to chose a parliamentary committee to hand
over this issue for debates. Two committees have been proposed for
discussions - the committee on foreign affairs and security and the
committee on education.
Ilatov says Oron and MPs of Arabic origin will do their utmost so that
the issue will be submitted to the committee on education in 2-3 weeks.
"There will be no recognition. The debates in the committee on foreign
affairs and security are usually closed for media which does not suit
MPs who want to gain some publicity and accuse Israel once again,"
Ilatov said.
"They will certainly try to submit the issue to the committee on
education and make a bit of a noise infront of the cameras," the
MP explained.
Today
http://www.today.az/news/reg ions/67239.html
May 4 2010
Azerbaijan
Deputy Head of Israeli parliament's committee on foreign affairs
and security, head of the "Israel-Azerbaijan" Inter-Parliamentary
Association Robert Ilatov told Israeli IzRus portal about the
behind-the-scenes struggles for recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
in the Israeli Knesset.
On April 28, Knesset passed a decision 12 to 8 to include "Armenian
genocide" into the agenda of the parliament. In an interview with
the portal IzRus, Ilatov, one of the MPs who voted against, spoke
about his vision of the situation. He also spoke about the motives
of parliamentarians in heated discussions over events that took place
95 years ago.
"I am against recognizing the "Armenian genocide" for several reasons,"
Ilatov said.
"It is about the events that took place long before the Israeli
state was founded. We are not International Court on Human Rights
and also not a tribunal to decide whether these century-old events
can be labeled as genocide or not. Apart from this, such kind of
issues must be handed to historians, but not lobbyists who persuade
parliamentarians to recognize or reject the "genocide," the Israeli
mp said.
Ilatov believes that a number of MPs intentionally seek recognition of
the "Armenian genocide" aim to draw attention of press. The opportunity
to act as defender of wretched and oppressed people mainly attracts
representatives of small parties, he added.
"They know that Turkey will react to these debates and they will have
a chance to show up in media. That is why head of the MERETZ party
Haim Oron has offered to debate this issue in the Knesset many times
although he knows that it will be a failure," the Israeli MP noted.
Right after the voting, MP Oron told IzRus that Knesset's organization
committee has been tasked to chose a parliamentary committee to hand
over this issue for debates. Two committees have been proposed for
discussions - the committee on foreign affairs and security and the
committee on education.
Ilatov says Oron and MPs of Arabic origin will do their utmost so that
the issue will be submitted to the committee on education in 2-3 weeks.
"There will be no recognition. The debates in the committee on foreign
affairs and security are usually closed for media which does not suit
MPs who want to gain some publicity and accuse Israel once again,"
Ilatov said.
"They will certainly try to submit the issue to the committee on
education and make a bit of a noise infront of the cameras," the
MP explained.