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ISRAEL COMMEMORATES 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE (VIDEO)
April 25, 2014 - 12:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Israel hosted a mass rally on April 24 to commemorate
the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Over 500 people gathered
outside the Turkish and U.S. embassies in Tel-Aviv, with demonstrators
including public figures, representatives of Armenian community and
youth movements, the spokesman of Union of Armenians of Israel Ararat
Mendel Korsunsky told PanARMENIAN.Net The city of Petah Tikva hosted
the first ever protest rally, with representatives of the clergy and
Armenian community participating. At the event, ex-mayoral candidate
Rami Greenberg expressed condolences to the people of Armenia and
urged his compatriots, survivors of Holocaust to share Armenia's pain.
The chair of Meretz party, the Armenian Genocide recognition champion
Zahava Gal-On urged Israeli parliament to voice a clear stance on the
issue after lengthy silence of the government. She called recognition
of the Genocide a moral obligation and slammed Israeli leadership
for sacrificing the memory of the victims to their cynical interests.
"Though realizing importance of diplomatic ties with Turkey, I cannot
accept Israel's excuses for non-recognition of the tragedy. We need to
let Ankara know that the Genocide recognition is neither a challenge
nor a provocation. It is the moral obligation of Israeli people,"
Ms Gal-On stressed.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/178314/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0wcngC27_k
April 25, 2014 - 12:05 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Israel hosted a mass rally on April 24 to commemorate
the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Over 500 people gathered
outside the Turkish and U.S. embassies in Tel-Aviv, with demonstrators
including public figures, representatives of Armenian community and
youth movements, the spokesman of Union of Armenians of Israel Ararat
Mendel Korsunsky told PanARMENIAN.Net The city of Petah Tikva hosted
the first ever protest rally, with representatives of the clergy and
Armenian community participating. At the event, ex-mayoral candidate
Rami Greenberg expressed condolences to the people of Armenia and
urged his compatriots, survivors of Holocaust to share Armenia's pain.
The chair of Meretz party, the Armenian Genocide recognition champion
Zahava Gal-On urged Israeli parliament to voice a clear stance on the
issue after lengthy silence of the government. She called recognition
of the Genocide a moral obligation and slammed Israeli leadership
for sacrificing the memory of the victims to their cynical interests.
"Though realizing importance of diplomatic ties with Turkey, I cannot
accept Israel's excuses for non-recognition of the tragedy. We need to
let Ankara know that the Genocide recognition is neither a challenge
nor a provocation. It is the moral obligation of Israeli people,"
Ms Gal-On stressed.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/178314/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0wcngC27_k