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DISCUSSION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION IN ISRAEL'S KNESSET POSTPONED AND WILL BE HELD AFTER DECEMBER 20
Mediamax
Dec 2 2011
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. The Education Committee of the Israeli Knesset
postponed the discussion of the issue on the recognition of the
Armenian Genocide and will discuss it after December 20.
The head of the Armenian National Committee of Jerusalem, Georgette
Avagyan, said this in the interview to Mediamax. She noted that the
discussion was postponed because the speaker of the Knesset was out of
the country. The issue was earlier expected to be discussed this week.
This August, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel Danny Ayalon said in
the exclusive interview to Mediamax:
" It is no secret that the mass murder of the Armenian people during
the First World War is a most sensitive matter and as a people that
also suffered from persecution and murder we are especially sensitive
to that. However, since the subject, most regrettably, has become
political, it needs to be handled with great care. Israel has never
denied the Armenian tragedy, but we do not wish to become party to
the confrontation between Turkey and Armenian on this important issue."
Mediamax
Dec 2 2011
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. The Education Committee of the Israeli Knesset
postponed the discussion of the issue on the recognition of the
Armenian Genocide and will discuss it after December 20.
The head of the Armenian National Committee of Jerusalem, Georgette
Avagyan, said this in the interview to Mediamax. She noted that the
discussion was postponed because the speaker of the Knesset was out of
the country. The issue was earlier expected to be discussed this week.
This August, Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel Danny Ayalon said in
the exclusive interview to Mediamax:
" It is no secret that the mass murder of the Armenian people during
the First World War is a most sensitive matter and as a people that
also suffered from persecution and murder we are especially sensitive
to that. However, since the subject, most regrettably, has become
political, it needs to be handled with great care. Israel has never
denied the Armenian tragedy, but we do not wish to become party to
the confrontation between Turkey and Armenian on this important issue."