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ISRAEL OPPOSES "GENOCIDE" TALKS
Hurriyet Daily News
Dec 27 2011
Turkey
The events of 1915 should not be a political topic in Knesset, the
Israeli Foreign Ministry said, reiterating the country's previous
position over Armenian allegations, an Israeli official told Hurriyet
Daily News yesterday.
"While the state of Israel believes the incidents related to the
1915 Turkish-Armenian tragic incidents should be debated, it is
also the viewpoint of Israel that such a debate should be done in
an open forum, an academic atmosphere, based on facts and research,"
a statement from the Israeli Embassy to Turkey said yesterday.
"It is not the position of the State of Israel that any such research
be assisted by political discourse," the statement said.
The Foreign Ministry had presented its position that "this was indeed
a topic for historic discussion and not a political one," Nizar Amer,
spokesperson of the Israeli Embassy to Turkey, told Hurriyet Daily
News yesterday.
Elaborating on the Knesset session held yesterday, Amer said,
"As was in previous years, the Knesset's Educational Committee held
a discussion regarding the educational representation of the 1915
Turkish-Armenian events. The committee had adjourned with no vote
taken, and the decision [was made] to reconvene at a future date for
further study of the issue."
The Israeli government and the Knesset agreed the discussion would
be held not in the plenum but in a Knesset committee. For many
years, Israel's government has opposed recognition of 1915 events as
genocide. So far, Armenian allegations have been debated many times
by closed sessions of the Knesset committees.
Hurriyet Daily News
Dec 27 2011
Turkey
The events of 1915 should not be a political topic in Knesset, the
Israeli Foreign Ministry said, reiterating the country's previous
position over Armenian allegations, an Israeli official told Hurriyet
Daily News yesterday.
"While the state of Israel believes the incidents related to the
1915 Turkish-Armenian tragic incidents should be debated, it is
also the viewpoint of Israel that such a debate should be done in
an open forum, an academic atmosphere, based on facts and research,"
a statement from the Israeli Embassy to Turkey said yesterday.
"It is not the position of the State of Israel that any such research
be assisted by political discourse," the statement said.
The Foreign Ministry had presented its position that "this was indeed
a topic for historic discussion and not a political one," Nizar Amer,
spokesperson of the Israeli Embassy to Turkey, told Hurriyet Daily
News yesterday.
Elaborating on the Knesset session held yesterday, Amer said,
"As was in previous years, the Knesset's Educational Committee held
a discussion regarding the educational representation of the 1915
Turkish-Armenian events. The committee had adjourned with no vote
taken, and the decision [was made] to reconvene at a future date for
further study of the issue."
The Israeli government and the Knesset agreed the discussion would
be held not in the plenum but in a Knesset committee. For many
years, Israel's government has opposed recognition of 1915 events as
genocide. So far, Armenian allegations have been debated many times
by closed sessions of the Knesset committees.