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    Israeli President promises "a big step" to Armenian community

    January 31, 2015 10:31
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    Reuven Rivlin
    Photo: REUTERS


    Yerevan/Mediamax/. Israeli Armenian community is outraged about
    President Reuven Rivlin's attempt to equalize the Armenian Genocide
    and Khojaly events during his speech at the UN General Assembly.

    A few days ago, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addressed a speech at
    the UN General Assembly touching upon 1915 Armenian Genocide:

    "In 1915, the days of the Armenian Genocide, Avshalom Feinberg of the
    NILI underground [a Jewish spy network in Ottoman Palestine] wrote the
    following: 'My teeth have been worn away by anger, who is next? I have
    walked on sacred and holy ground, on the road to Jerusalem, and asked
    myself if it is this time that we live in -1915 - or in the days of
    Titus or Nebuchadnezzar?", said the Israeli President.

    He also said:

    "Is our struggle, the struggle of this Assembly, against genocide,
    effective enough? Was it effective enough then in Bosnia? Was it
    effective in preventing the killing in Khojaly?''

    Talking to Mediamax, Head of Armenian Cause National Committee of
    Jerusalem Georgette Avagian said she was surprised that one of the
    pioneers of Armenian Genocide recognition in Israel, Reuven Rivlin,
    didn't call the 1915 events "Armenian Genocide" directly. Georgette
    Avagian also noted that previously, as a President of Knesset, Rivlin
    had repeatedly blocked Azerbaijani's efforts to submit a draft law on
    Khojaly to the Knesset.

    "It was Rivlin, as a Knesset Spokesman, that didn't allow such a draft
    law to be submitted to the parliament. And now I am very much
    surprised by the way he speaks about the events. It's obvious that his
    stance has been influenced by the political interests and intentions
    with Azerbaijan", said Georgette Avagian.

    She said that the Armenian Cause National Committee informed the
    President about being outraged with the speech. The President's Office
    responded to Georgette Avagian that "the President will take a big
    step toward Armenians.


    http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/foreignpolicy/13036#sthash.NYKui3r2.dpuf

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