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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IS 'WIDELY RECOGNIZED' IN ISRAEL
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/08/30/armenian-genocide-is-widely-recognized-in-israel/
News | August 30, 2012 10:07 am
Armenian Genocide Is 'Widely Recognized' in Israel YEREVAN (RFE/RL)
- The 1915 mass killings and deportations of Armenians in Ottoman
Turkey are widely recognized as a genocide in Israel, an Israeli
cabinet minister said after visiting the Armenian Genocide memorial
here on Friday, August 24.
Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
also drew parallels between the Jewish Holocaust and the World War
I-era slaughter of some 1.5 million Armenians, which many historians
consider the first genocide of the 20th century.
"True, there is no state law [in Israel rec- ognizing the Genocide,]"
Edelstein said. "But I think that in Israel, in view of ... our common
history and some similar elements and moments, you will hardly find
people who will deny the Genocide, who will say, like we unfortunately
hear, that all this is fabrications and lies."
"So I think that unfortunately - I stress, unfortunately - in this
area our peoples have quite a lot in common, quite a lot for mutual
understanding," he said.
Citing the strategic character of Israel's relationship with Turkey,
successive Israeli governments have resisted domestic calls
for Armenian Genocide recognition. An Israeli Foreign Ministry official
reaffirmed this stance during landmark hearings on the issue that
were organized by an Israeli parliament committee last December.
Support for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide appears to have
grown within the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and the government
since 2010. Some observers link that to Israel's worsened relations
with Turkey, which vehemently denies the Genocide.
http://www.mirrorspectator.com/2012/08/30/armenian-genocide-is-widely-recognized-in-israel/
News | August 30, 2012 10:07 am
Armenian Genocide Is 'Widely Recognized' in Israel YEREVAN (RFE/RL)
- The 1915 mass killings and deportations of Armenians in Ottoman
Turkey are widely recognized as a genocide in Israel, an Israeli
cabinet minister said after visiting the Armenian Genocide memorial
here on Friday, August 24.
Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli-Yoel Edelstein
also drew parallels between the Jewish Holocaust and the World War
I-era slaughter of some 1.5 million Armenians, which many historians
consider the first genocide of the 20th century.
"True, there is no state law [in Israel rec- ognizing the Genocide,]"
Edelstein said. "But I think that in Israel, in view of ... our common
history and some similar elements and moments, you will hardly find
people who will deny the Genocide, who will say, like we unfortunately
hear, that all this is fabrications and lies."
"So I think that unfortunately - I stress, unfortunately - in this
area our peoples have quite a lot in common, quite a lot for mutual
understanding," he said.
Citing the strategic character of Israel's relationship with Turkey,
successive Israeli governments have resisted domestic calls
for Armenian Genocide recognition. An Israeli Foreign Ministry official
reaffirmed this stance during landmark hearings on the issue that
were organized by an Israeli parliament committee last December.
Support for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide appears to have
grown within the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, and the government
since 2010. Some observers link that to Israel's worsened relations
with Turkey, which vehemently denies the Genocide.