ZEEV ELKIN: IT IS HIGH TIME TO STOP PLEASING TURKEY AND RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 19, 2011 – 16:14 AMT
Knesset member, Likud party chairman Zeev Elkin supported the Armenian
Genocide recognition by Israel.
In his address to the Israeli parliament, Elkin said that the Jewish
state, which reverently treats the memory of the Holocaust victims
and demands other countries’ respectful attitude towards it, has no
moral right to ignore the tragedy of the Armenian people.
“The Israeli state, which demands worldwide recognition of the
historical justice and observance of moral norms, cannot act contrary
to these urges, being guided by narrow political ideas. It is high
time to stop pleasing Turkey and eventually recognize the Armenian
Genocide. The Jewish state should have been among the first ones to
declare its official recognition,” IzRus portal quoted Elkin as saying.
A vote for transferring the issue of Armenian Genocide recognition to
the committee of Education, Culture and Sports headed by Alex Miller
was held in Knesset, with the initiative unilaterally approved on
May 18.
The initiative was advanced by a member of the Knesset for Meretz
Zahava Gal-On who replaced the head of the party, main lobbyist of
Armenia Haim Oron.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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