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Hurriyet, Turkey
June 14 2012
Parliament of Israel discusses `genocide'
JERUSALEM
Israel's Parliament on June 12 held a discussion marking the Turkish
mass killings of Armenians, in a move likely to further strain already
tense relations with Ankara.
`It is our moral obligation to remember and remind others of the
tragedy that befell the Armenian people, who lost over a million of
their sons during the First World War,' speaker Reuven Rivlin told
lawmakers.
The discussion was the third consecutive year in which the Israeli
Parliament has held such a hearing to commemorate `the anniversary of
the killing of the Armenian people.' Rivlin said that recognizing the
tragedy was not meant to cast blame on modern Turkey and was not
`against the present Turkish government.'
Hitler example
`Perhaps the government of Israel will at last recognize, like 27
other countries around the world, the massacre of the Armenian
people,' Agence France-Presse quoted Zehava Galon of the opposition
Meretz party as telling parliament.
Environment Minister Gilad Erdan, who represented the government
during the discussion, said the Knesset should seriously debate the
issue, and recognize it as genocide if it reaches that conclusion.
National Union lawmaker Arieh Eldad called on Turkey to recognize its
responsibility for its `historical crime,' which he said included
children being `put into cellars and gassed.'
According to Jerusalem Post, Eldad quoted Adolf Hitler as having said
`Who remembers what happened to the Armenians?' after he was asked
what the world would say about his Final Solution against the Jews.
June/14/2012
June 14 2012
Parliament of Israel discusses `genocide'
JERUSALEM
Israel's Parliament on June 12 held a discussion marking the Turkish
mass killings of Armenians, in a move likely to further strain already
tense relations with Ankara.
`It is our moral obligation to remember and remind others of the
tragedy that befell the Armenian people, who lost over a million of
their sons during the First World War,' speaker Reuven Rivlin told
lawmakers.
The discussion was the third consecutive year in which the Israeli
Parliament has held such a hearing to commemorate `the anniversary of
the killing of the Armenian people.' Rivlin said that recognizing the
tragedy was not meant to cast blame on modern Turkey and was not
`against the present Turkish government.'
Hitler example
`Perhaps the government of Israel will at last recognize, like 27
other countries around the world, the massacre of the Armenian
people,' Agence France-Presse quoted Zehava Galon of the opposition
Meretz party as telling parliament.
Environment Minister Gilad Erdan, who represented the government
during the discussion, said the Knesset should seriously debate the
issue, and recognize it as genocide if it reaches that conclusion.
National Union lawmaker Arieh Eldad called on Turkey to recognize its
responsibility for its `historical crime,' which he said included
children being `put into cellars and gassed.'
According to Jerusalem Post, Eldad quoted Adolf Hitler as having said
`Who remembers what happened to the Armenians?' after he was asked
what the world would say about his Final Solution against the Jews.
June/14/2012