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ISRAELI PUBLICIST: ON APRIL 24, ISRAEL'S DELEGATION WILL BE IN YEREVAN, NOT IN ANKARA
by Ashot Safaryan
Friday, March 6, 10:59
On April 24, Israel will send a delegation to the events timed to
the Armenian Genocide Centennial, not to the events celebrating the
" Dardanel operation" in Ankara.
The Russian-Israeli journalist and political activist Avigdor Eskin
believes that his country has always avowed the fact of the massacre
of Armenians in Turkey in 1915. "I don't know a single Israeli who
would dispute the fact of the massacre and deportation of the Armenian
population. Therefore, both our Knesset members and ministers will
be in Yerevan on that day," Eskin told ArmInfo.
As for the "Gallipoli idea" of President Recep Erdogan, Eskin believes
that the Turkish president bluntly tries to draw the attention of the
international community at the centennial of the "Dardanel operation"
and landing of the Australian and New Zealand forces (ANZAC) on
Gallipoli. "The indiscretion of the Turkish president is astonishing.
Israel will not be represented there, indeed," Eskin said.
For the time being the relations of Armenia and Israel are impeded
with Israel's closer relationships with Azerbaijan and depend on the
Turkish-Israeli relations. In addition, Israel has not yet recognized
the Genocide of Armenians and uses this issue to press Ankara which
it has quite tense relations with now.
In this light, the working visit of Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian to Jerusalem on March 5 was quite noteworthy. The minister
and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin had a meeting and came out for
activation of the political dialogue to boost cooperation in other
fields too. Nalbandian and Rivlin discussed also the 'joint efforts of
the Armenian and Jewish peoples to prevent crimes against humanity,'
the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Eskin believes that Israel cannot sign Armenia's version of the
history. "The world has learned about the Armenian tragedy thanks to
four Jews: Morgenthau from the US Embassy, Mandelstam from the Embasys
of Russia, and Franz Werfel and Raphael Lemkin, whose contribution
to recognition of that crime is invaluable. I dare to say that Jewish
public workers and publicists did more to make the world learn about
the Armenian tragedy than all the other countries put together. In
response, we have the Armenian version of the history with terrible
allegations against Jews and Zionism that allegedly backed the Armenian
massacre. We cannot accept the history that contains false accusations
against us," Eskin said.
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by Ashot Safaryan
Friday, March 6, 10:59
On April 24, Israel will send a delegation to the events timed to
the Armenian Genocide Centennial, not to the events celebrating the
" Dardanel operation" in Ankara.
The Russian-Israeli journalist and political activist Avigdor Eskin
believes that his country has always avowed the fact of the massacre
of Armenians in Turkey in 1915. "I don't know a single Israeli who
would dispute the fact of the massacre and deportation of the Armenian
population. Therefore, both our Knesset members and ministers will
be in Yerevan on that day," Eskin told ArmInfo.
As for the "Gallipoli idea" of President Recep Erdogan, Eskin believes
that the Turkish president bluntly tries to draw the attention of the
international community at the centennial of the "Dardanel operation"
and landing of the Australian and New Zealand forces (ANZAC) on
Gallipoli. "The indiscretion of the Turkish president is astonishing.
Israel will not be represented there, indeed," Eskin said.
For the time being the relations of Armenia and Israel are impeded
with Israel's closer relationships with Azerbaijan and depend on the
Turkish-Israeli relations. In addition, Israel has not yet recognized
the Genocide of Armenians and uses this issue to press Ankara which
it has quite tense relations with now.
In this light, the working visit of Armenia's Foreign Minister Edward
Nalbandian to Jerusalem on March 5 was quite noteworthy. The minister
and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin had a meeting and came out for
activation of the political dialogue to boost cooperation in other
fields too. Nalbandian and Rivlin discussed also the 'joint efforts of
the Armenian and Jewish peoples to prevent crimes against humanity,'
the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Eskin believes that Israel cannot sign Armenia's version of the
history. "The world has learned about the Armenian tragedy thanks to
four Jews: Morgenthau from the US Embassy, Mandelstam from the Embasys
of Russia, and Franz Werfel and Raphael Lemkin, whose contribution
to recognition of that crime is invaluable. I dare to say that Jewish
public workers and publicists did more to make the world learn about
the Armenian tragedy than all the other countries put together. In
response, we have the Armenian version of the history with terrible
allegations against Jews and Zionism that allegedly backed the Armenian
massacre. We cannot accept the history that contains false accusations
against us," Eskin said.
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