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REUVEN RIVLIN: "AS A COUNTRY STRUGGLING IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA WITH HOLOCAUST DENIAL, WE CANNOT DENY THE TRAGEDY OF ANOTHER PEOPLE"
http://times.am/?l=0&p=8401
12.06.12
As it was informed yesterday Israeli Knesset is going to have a debate
on the recognition of Armenian Genocide.
As timesofisrael.com web-site writes as Israeli relations with Turkey
continue to deteriorate, on Tuesday the Knesset marked the Armenian
genocide with a special session to debate recognition of the genocide.
"The Israeli parliament has in the past refrained from public debates
on the subject for fear of alienating the Turkish government, one of
the Jewish state's few allies in a hostile Middle East.
However, the timing of the discussion about the Armenian genocide,
perpetrated by the Ottomans about a century ago, coincides with the
release of the state comptroller's report about the 2010 raid on
the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship attempting to break the blockade
of the Gaza Strip, in which the IDF killed nine Turkish nationals,
as well as the Turkish decision to indict senior IDF officials in
absentia over the incident.
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said that the discussion of the genocide,
promoted by MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz), was not connected to the current
strained relations between Israel and Turkey", the source writes.
Rivlin also told Globes: "As Jews, and as human beings, we cannot
ignore this issue and we must not turn away from our commitment to
morality... As [a country] struggling in the international arena with
Holocaust denial, we cannot deny the tragedy of another people."
In December 2011, the Knesset Education Committee discussed the
Armenian genocide for the first time. Gal-On, who also initiated that
discussion, said then: "For years, Israel always took into account
its relations with Turkey. That is the central issue in terms of
recognition of the murder of the Armenian people, which has yet to
take place in Israel's Knesset," Haaretz.com wrote.
Photo from timesofisrael.com
From: Baghdasarian
http://times.am/?l=0&p=8401
12.06.12
As it was informed yesterday Israeli Knesset is going to have a debate
on the recognition of Armenian Genocide.
As timesofisrael.com web-site writes as Israeli relations with Turkey
continue to deteriorate, on Tuesday the Knesset marked the Armenian
genocide with a special session to debate recognition of the genocide.
"The Israeli parliament has in the past refrained from public debates
on the subject for fear of alienating the Turkish government, one of
the Jewish state's few allies in a hostile Middle East.
However, the timing of the discussion about the Armenian genocide,
perpetrated by the Ottomans about a century ago, coincides with the
release of the state comptroller's report about the 2010 raid on
the Mavi Marmara, a Turkish ship attempting to break the blockade
of the Gaza Strip, in which the IDF killed nine Turkish nationals,
as well as the Turkish decision to indict senior IDF officials in
absentia over the incident.
Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said that the discussion of the genocide,
promoted by MK Zahava Gal-On (Meretz), was not connected to the current
strained relations between Israel and Turkey", the source writes.
Rivlin also told Globes: "As Jews, and as human beings, we cannot
ignore this issue and we must not turn away from our commitment to
morality... As [a country] struggling in the international arena with
Holocaust denial, we cannot deny the tragedy of another people."
In December 2011, the Knesset Education Committee discussed the
Armenian genocide for the first time. Gal-On, who also initiated that
discussion, said then: "For years, Israel always took into account
its relations with Turkey. That is the central issue in terms of
recognition of the murder of the Armenian people, which has yet to
take place in Israel's Knesset," Haaretz.com wrote.
Photo from timesofisrael.com
From: Baghdasarian