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Israeli President implicitly recognizes Armenian Genocide
01:25, 29 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Israeli President implicitly recognizes Armenian Genocide during
General Assembly Holocaust memorial.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told the UN General Assembly on
Wednesday that "cynical" accusations against Israel of genocide and
war crimes harm the world body's ability to fight the real thing.,
Haaretzreports.
Speaking at the assembly's ceremony marking International Holocaust
Remembrance Day, Rivlin mentioned the 1915 Armenian Genocide - the
killing of more than one million Armenian nationals by Turkey - which
is not recognized as genocide by Israel.
Rivlin called on the United Nations to set red lines beyond which it
would intervene to stop acts of genocide. He then said:"At the same
time we must remember that the setting of red lines requires us to
stop diluting and cynically exploiting them in the name of pseudo
objectivity, as is done in the rhetoric of human rights with the use
of terms such as 'genocide' for political purposes."
Citing the "disgraceful" UN resolution, later struck down, that
equated Zionism with "its greatest enemy" racism, Rivlin continued:
"Nonetheless, absurd comparisons such as this one, which we as
Israelis are exposed to constantly... not only confuse the ally with the
enemy, but they undermine this house's ability to effectively fight
the phenomenon of genocide."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/29/israeli-president-implicitly-recognizes-armenian-genocide/
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01:25, 29 Jan 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
Israeli President implicitly recognizes Armenian Genocide during
General Assembly Holocaust memorial.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told the UN General Assembly on
Wednesday that "cynical" accusations against Israel of genocide and
war crimes harm the world body's ability to fight the real thing.,
Haaretzreports.
Speaking at the assembly's ceremony marking International Holocaust
Remembrance Day, Rivlin mentioned the 1915 Armenian Genocide - the
killing of more than one million Armenian nationals by Turkey - which
is not recognized as genocide by Israel.
Rivlin called on the United Nations to set red lines beyond which it
would intervene to stop acts of genocide. He then said:"At the same
time we must remember that the setting of red lines requires us to
stop diluting and cynically exploiting them in the name of pseudo
objectivity, as is done in the rhetoric of human rights with the use
of terms such as 'genocide' for political purposes."
Citing the "disgraceful" UN resolution, later struck down, that
equated Zionism with "its greatest enemy" racism, Rivlin continued:
"Nonetheless, absurd comparisons such as this one, which we as
Israelis are exposed to constantly... not only confuse the ally with the
enemy, but they undermine this house's ability to effectively fight
the phenomenon of genocide."
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/01/29/israeli-president-implicitly-recognizes-armenian-genocide/
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.639601
From: Baghdasarian