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JERUSALEM POST OP-ED URGES OBAMA TO RECOGNIZE GENOCIDE
ARMENPRESS
24 April, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: Ahead of President Obama's speech
at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Monday, The
Jerusalem Post published an op-ed piece by Rafael Medoff entitled "The
speech Obama should give at the Holocaust Museum, reports Armenpress
citing Asbarez.
"One major mistake was our government's hesitancy to acknowledge,
loudly and clearly, that the Jews were being singled out for mass
annihilation. During my years in the United States Senate, I said
the US should publicly recognize that Turkey perpetrated genocide
against the Armenians. Presidents, of course, face a unique array of
pressures and considerations, and during my first years in office, I
chose to use the Armenian term 'Meds Yeghem,' rather than 'genocide,'
out of sensitivity to Turkey's objections. But failing to acknowledge
genocide paves the way for future genocides. I cannot be a party to
that. From now on, I will not hesitate to state clearly that what
the Armenians suffered was genocide," writes Medoff.
ARMENPRESS
24 April, 2012
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS: Ahead of President Obama's speech
at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Monday, The
Jerusalem Post published an op-ed piece by Rafael Medoff entitled "The
speech Obama should give at the Holocaust Museum, reports Armenpress
citing Asbarez.
"One major mistake was our government's hesitancy to acknowledge,
loudly and clearly, that the Jews were being singled out for mass
annihilation. During my years in the United States Senate, I said
the US should publicly recognize that Turkey perpetrated genocide
against the Armenians. Presidents, of course, face a unique array of
pressures and considerations, and during my first years in office, I
chose to use the Armenian term 'Meds Yeghem,' rather than 'genocide,'
out of sensitivity to Turkey's objections. But failing to acknowledge
genocide paves the way for future genocides. I cannot be a party to
that. From now on, I will not hesitate to state clearly that what
the Armenians suffered was genocide," writes Medoff.