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EXPERT: ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION IS A LEVER IN ISRAEL'S HAND
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
20.09.11 | 14:31
The Armenian Genocide recognition issue to be discussed in October
at the Israeli Ksennet is simply a card in Tel Aviv's hands to be
played as countermeasure against Turkey, experts say.
Turkey-Israel relations got tense when Israel refused to officially
apologize for the deaths of Turkish citizens caused by an Israeli
assault against the Mavi Marmara ship - part of the Gaza Freedom
Flotilla. Turkey responded by deporting three Israeli diplomats and
freezing all military and economic relations.
Specialist in Turkish studies Arestakes Simavoryan, leading Noravank
Educational-Foundation's Center for Armenology (Armenian studies),
says Israel is using the Armenian Genocide recognition issue as a
political lever in the period of tensions with Turkey.
He believes that Turkey has levers to counteract against Israel, namely
Palestine's recognition and trade-economic and military-technological
cooperation with Arab countries. And Israel has its levers against
Turkey.
"Recently Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has stated
that they would hit at Turkey's most vulnerable [painful] spots,
using the Armenian Genocide recognition and the Kurdish case," says
Simavoryan, adding that Israel is not ready yet to recognize the
Armenian genocide. "By doing so Israel would get completely isolated
from the region."
Although Simavoryan does not exclude risk factors for Armenia, since
it would mean that Turkey-Israel deteriorated relations would be
again on the same level.
"One shouldn't have high hopes for this little discussion,
metaphorically speaking it would mean an earthquake of a 4.5-point
magnitude by which Israel will try to put pressure on Turkey," he says.
From: Baghdasarian
By Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow
20.09.11 | 14:31
The Armenian Genocide recognition issue to be discussed in October
at the Israeli Ksennet is simply a card in Tel Aviv's hands to be
played as countermeasure against Turkey, experts say.
Turkey-Israel relations got tense when Israel refused to officially
apologize for the deaths of Turkish citizens caused by an Israeli
assault against the Mavi Marmara ship - part of the Gaza Freedom
Flotilla. Turkey responded by deporting three Israeli diplomats and
freezing all military and economic relations.
Specialist in Turkish studies Arestakes Simavoryan, leading Noravank
Educational-Foundation's Center for Armenology (Armenian studies),
says Israel is using the Armenian Genocide recognition issue as a
political lever in the period of tensions with Turkey.
He believes that Turkey has levers to counteract against Israel, namely
Palestine's recognition and trade-economic and military-technological
cooperation with Arab countries. And Israel has its levers against
Turkey.
"Recently Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has stated
that they would hit at Turkey's most vulnerable [painful] spots,
using the Armenian Genocide recognition and the Kurdish case," says
Simavoryan, adding that Israel is not ready yet to recognize the
Armenian genocide. "By doing so Israel would get completely isolated
from the region."
Although Simavoryan does not exclude risk factors for Armenia, since
it would mean that Turkey-Israel deteriorated relations would be
again on the same level.
"One shouldn't have high hopes for this little discussion,
metaphorically speaking it would mean an earthquake of a 4.5-point
magnitude by which Israel will try to put pressure on Turkey," he says.
From: Baghdasarian