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JEWS OF ARMENIA URGE ISRAELI POLITICIANS NOT TO GIVE IN TO AZERBAIJANI-TURKISH PROPAGANDA
11:25, 27 February, 2015
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. World history is not full of examples
of fortitude, rigor and steadiness of peoples' spirit, which endured
infinite number of sufferings and deprivations. An example of manhood
in this worthy line is the co-existence of two old nations - Jews and
Armenians, who, despite all the difficulties and ordeal, miraculously
summoned the strength not only to survive, but also, on the path of
their struggle for life, to enrich the world spiritual heritage with
achievements in culture and science. As reports "Armenpress", William
Weiner, President of the "Menora" Jewish Cultural Center in Armenia,
an Honored Worker of Art of the Republic of Armenia and a Member of
the Composers' League of Israel, stated this in his recent article
published in The Times of Israel, which particularly runs as follows:
"The imposed reality in the depth of historic identity of these two
old, and by the will of tragic fate diasporal peoples, explains the
peculiarly mutual understanding and respect towards each other. There
is no Armenian or Jew in the world, who is or will be indifferent to
the sufferings and death of innocent victims, to the fact of the two
horrendous crimes against humanities committed in the 20th century.
My parents and their families endured all the horrors of evacuation,
exile and concentration camps. Fortune brought them to Armenia,
where I was born and live for 60 years. I am doubly grieved, but,
at the same time, I clearly understand, why shameful efforts are
exerted in some circles, through false "documents", analysis,
that do not fit any logic, to spread enmity among the world Jewry
towards Armenia and the Armenian people. An article by a blogger,
calling himself "Israel Barouk" in Times of Israel is yet another
naïve attempt. I suppose that Mr. Barouk, who lives in Los-Angeles,
and publishes peremptory statements in the forms of articles, has
never visited Armenia and has no clue about the history of Armenian
people and about more than 2000-years-old history of the Jews in this
country. However, with a striking perseverance he demonstrates an
"in-depth" knowledge on preferences of the Armenian people and Armenia.
Taking a group of Armenian students at the University of California
in LA, he attempts to propagate an overt hatred against Armenians
and Armenia in the Jewish milieu. Some articles have been published
recently with exactly similar statements, penned by well-known Turkish
and Azerbaijani analysts, and amongst them is an article by "Israel
Barouk" which looks like part of pro-Azerbaijani advertisement. It
is beyond any doubt that the latter "analysis' is yet another
failed attempt of Turkish-Azerbaijani propaganda machine, which is
disseminated in the US and Israeli media in the recent months, on
the eve of Centenary of the Armenian Genocide which is being marked
in 2015. This strategy has been unfortunately aimed at deflecting the
Armenians from the Genocide Centenary and spending their resources on
countering the genocide deniers and massive anti-Armenian campaigns
launched and supported by the Azerbaijani oil revenues. It is
unfortunate that even some politicians in Israel have given in to
these propaganda manipulations, consciously or unconsciously becoming
victims themselves and sacrificing the Israeli public opinion and
Israel's long-term interests to such cheap Turkish-Azerbaijani joint
propaganda projects.
Returning to the above-mentioned articles, one should use the word
"failed" in its widest and most overwhelming sense, as the analysis
contains all the known criteria of an inferior media outlet, i.e.
false information, concealment of the truth and bottom lines of
this type - that "All cats are mortal, Socrates is mortal, therefore
Socrates is a cat." Here he "craftily" does not ever contrast Armenia
with Azerbaijan, which he had advertised previously, in order to
"hide" the customers' tracks.
Whatever stance a couple of Armenians take - young students at the
University of California - that do not constitute any percentage of
the Armenian population of the USA, there is no excuse to present it
as if it were the opinion of all Armenian Diaspora of America. In
the same way, one should not appeal to the activity by some Jewish
lobbyists, pushing the interests of Azerbaijan, as if it is the Jews'
and Israel's stance towards the Armenian people."
"Thus, here is the question; who benefits from pushing forward
these false theses? The answer, to me, is apparent. Thus, I call
upon journalists, experts, as well as some politicians, time and
again presenting only pro-Azerbaijani and anti-Armenian articles and
views to refrain from further attempts to speak on behalf of Jews and
impose yet another non-existent conflict on the world Jewry. As to
the Jewish media outlets, I ask them not to provide an opportunity
to spread such one-sided analytical articles. As to specialists,
calling themselves "experts", as a Jew - to the Jews, I invite them
in person to visit Armenia to enrich their professional experience
and take more unbiased stance," William Weiner concludes.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/795748/jews-of-armenia-urge-israeli-politicians-not-to-give-in-to-azerbaijani-turkish-propaganda.html
From: A. Papazian
11:25, 27 February, 2015
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. World history is not full of examples
of fortitude, rigor and steadiness of peoples' spirit, which endured
infinite number of sufferings and deprivations. An example of manhood
in this worthy line is the co-existence of two old nations - Jews and
Armenians, who, despite all the difficulties and ordeal, miraculously
summoned the strength not only to survive, but also, on the path of
their struggle for life, to enrich the world spiritual heritage with
achievements in culture and science. As reports "Armenpress", William
Weiner, President of the "Menora" Jewish Cultural Center in Armenia,
an Honored Worker of Art of the Republic of Armenia and a Member of
the Composers' League of Israel, stated this in his recent article
published in The Times of Israel, which particularly runs as follows:
"The imposed reality in the depth of historic identity of these two
old, and by the will of tragic fate diasporal peoples, explains the
peculiarly mutual understanding and respect towards each other. There
is no Armenian or Jew in the world, who is or will be indifferent to
the sufferings and death of innocent victims, to the fact of the two
horrendous crimes against humanities committed in the 20th century.
My parents and their families endured all the horrors of evacuation,
exile and concentration camps. Fortune brought them to Armenia,
where I was born and live for 60 years. I am doubly grieved, but,
at the same time, I clearly understand, why shameful efforts are
exerted in some circles, through false "documents", analysis,
that do not fit any logic, to spread enmity among the world Jewry
towards Armenia and the Armenian people. An article by a blogger,
calling himself "Israel Barouk" in Times of Israel is yet another
naïve attempt. I suppose that Mr. Barouk, who lives in Los-Angeles,
and publishes peremptory statements in the forms of articles, has
never visited Armenia and has no clue about the history of Armenian
people and about more than 2000-years-old history of the Jews in this
country. However, with a striking perseverance he demonstrates an
"in-depth" knowledge on preferences of the Armenian people and Armenia.
Taking a group of Armenian students at the University of California
in LA, he attempts to propagate an overt hatred against Armenians
and Armenia in the Jewish milieu. Some articles have been published
recently with exactly similar statements, penned by well-known Turkish
and Azerbaijani analysts, and amongst them is an article by "Israel
Barouk" which looks like part of pro-Azerbaijani advertisement. It
is beyond any doubt that the latter "analysis' is yet another
failed attempt of Turkish-Azerbaijani propaganda machine, which is
disseminated in the US and Israeli media in the recent months, on
the eve of Centenary of the Armenian Genocide which is being marked
in 2015. This strategy has been unfortunately aimed at deflecting the
Armenians from the Genocide Centenary and spending their resources on
countering the genocide deniers and massive anti-Armenian campaigns
launched and supported by the Azerbaijani oil revenues. It is
unfortunate that even some politicians in Israel have given in to
these propaganda manipulations, consciously or unconsciously becoming
victims themselves and sacrificing the Israeli public opinion and
Israel's long-term interests to such cheap Turkish-Azerbaijani joint
propaganda projects.
Returning to the above-mentioned articles, one should use the word
"failed" in its widest and most overwhelming sense, as the analysis
contains all the known criteria of an inferior media outlet, i.e.
false information, concealment of the truth and bottom lines of
this type - that "All cats are mortal, Socrates is mortal, therefore
Socrates is a cat." Here he "craftily" does not ever contrast Armenia
with Azerbaijan, which he had advertised previously, in order to
"hide" the customers' tracks.
Whatever stance a couple of Armenians take - young students at the
University of California - that do not constitute any percentage of
the Armenian population of the USA, there is no excuse to present it
as if it were the opinion of all Armenian Diaspora of America. In
the same way, one should not appeal to the activity by some Jewish
lobbyists, pushing the interests of Azerbaijan, as if it is the Jews'
and Israel's stance towards the Armenian people."
"Thus, here is the question; who benefits from pushing forward
these false theses? The answer, to me, is apparent. Thus, I call
upon journalists, experts, as well as some politicians, time and
again presenting only pro-Azerbaijani and anti-Armenian articles and
views to refrain from further attempts to speak on behalf of Jews and
impose yet another non-existent conflict on the world Jewry. As to
the Jewish media outlets, I ask them not to provide an opportunity
to spread such one-sided analytical articles. As to specialists,
calling themselves "experts", as a Jew - to the Jews, I invite them
in person to visit Armenia to enrich their professional experience
and take more unbiased stance," William Weiner concludes.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/795748/jews-of-armenia-urge-israeli-politicians-not-to-give-in-to-azerbaijani-turkish-propaganda.html
From: A. Papazian