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FRANCE'S SARKOZY CALLS ON TURKEY TO 'FACE ITS HISTORY'
Hurriyet Daily News
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/frances-sarkozy-calls-on-turkey-to-face-its-history.aspx?pageID=238&nID=13445&NewsCatID=351
Feb 10 2012
Turkey
Sarkozy (L) is seen with Gilad Shalit (R) and Shalit's mother in the
Elysee Palace. REUTERS photo French President Nicolas Sarkozy has
again called on Turkey to "face its history" in reference to Armenian
genocide claims stemming from the 1915 incidents.
France collaborated with the Nazis during World War II, but it later
faced up to that period in history, the ntvmsnbc news website reported
him as saying.
Sarkozy spoke Feb. 8 at the annual dinner honoring France's Jewish
community. Before the dinner, Sarkozy met with Gilad Shalit,
an Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by
Palestinian militants, according to Associated Press.
Shalit made an unusual public appearance, meeting with Sarkozy in
his presidential palace in Paris. Shalit did not speak to reporters
afterward but his father, Noam Shalit, said, "We are very moved."
Sarkozy praised Shalit for his "exemplary courage" and his parents for
"their determination and their dignity in the face of the ordeal and
the anguish," according to a statement from the president's office.
Armenia calls on Israel to recognize 'genocide'
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has called on Israel
to stop the "play of words" and recognize the Armenian genocide
allegations, referring to a statement from the chairman of the
Holocaust Institute, Israel Charny, Panarmenina.net reported.
Nalbandian quoted Israel Charny, founder and director of the Jerusalem
Institute of Holocaust and Genocide: "Everyone in Israel must realize:
Charny knew the meanings of both the Holocaust and the Genocide."
Nalbandian was responding to his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Liberman,
who suggested that "the term Holocaust is inapplicable in reference
to any other tragedy." Nalbandian said the term Holocaust was never
used to describe the Armenian "genocide."
Israel-Armenia row on 'Genocide' YEREVAN
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said "the term Holocaust
is inapplicable in reference to any other tragedy," Panarmenina.net
reported.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian responded to Lieberman
calling for Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide allegations.
Nalbandian urged Israel to stop the "play of words," referring to a
statement from the chairman of the Holocaust Institute, Israel Charny.
Nalbandian quoted Israel Charny, founder and director of the Jerusalem
Institute of Holocaust and Genocide: "Everyone in Israel must realize:
Charny knew the meanings of both the Holocaust and the Genocide."
Nalbandian also said the term Holocaust was never used to describe
the Armenian "genocide."
From: Baghdasarian
Hurriyet Daily News
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/frances-sarkozy-calls-on-turkey-to-face-its-history.aspx?pageID=238&nID=13445&NewsCatID=351
Feb 10 2012
Turkey
Sarkozy (L) is seen with Gilad Shalit (R) and Shalit's mother in the
Elysee Palace. REUTERS photo French President Nicolas Sarkozy has
again called on Turkey to "face its history" in reference to Armenian
genocide claims stemming from the 1915 incidents.
France collaborated with the Nazis during World War II, but it later
faced up to that period in history, the ntvmsnbc news website reported
him as saying.
Sarkozy spoke Feb. 8 at the annual dinner honoring France's Jewish
community. Before the dinner, Sarkozy met with Gilad Shalit,
an Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by
Palestinian militants, according to Associated Press.
Shalit made an unusual public appearance, meeting with Sarkozy in
his presidential palace in Paris. Shalit did not speak to reporters
afterward but his father, Noam Shalit, said, "We are very moved."
Sarkozy praised Shalit for his "exemplary courage" and his parents for
"their determination and their dignity in the face of the ordeal and
the anguish," according to a statement from the president's office.
Armenia calls on Israel to recognize 'genocide'
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian has called on Israel
to stop the "play of words" and recognize the Armenian genocide
allegations, referring to a statement from the chairman of the
Holocaust Institute, Israel Charny, Panarmenina.net reported.
Nalbandian quoted Israel Charny, founder and director of the Jerusalem
Institute of Holocaust and Genocide: "Everyone in Israel must realize:
Charny knew the meanings of both the Holocaust and the Genocide."
Nalbandian was responding to his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Liberman,
who suggested that "the term Holocaust is inapplicable in reference
to any other tragedy." Nalbandian said the term Holocaust was never
used to describe the Armenian "genocide."
Israel-Armenia row on 'Genocide' YEREVAN
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said "the term Holocaust
is inapplicable in reference to any other tragedy," Panarmenina.net
reported.
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian responded to Lieberman
calling for Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide allegations.
Nalbandian urged Israel to stop the "play of words," referring to a
statement from the chairman of the Holocaust Institute, Israel Charny.
Nalbandian quoted Israel Charny, founder and director of the Jerusalem
Institute of Holocaust and Genocide: "Everyone in Israel must realize:
Charny knew the meanings of both the Holocaust and the Genocide."
Nalbandian also said the term Holocaust was never used to describe
the Armenian "genocide."
From: Baghdasarian