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12 MORE JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS RECOGNIZED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2007 16:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian National Committee of America had
garnered the support of at least 12 groups by Thursday including
the Union of Reform Judaism, Americans for Peace Now, the Zionist
Organization of America and the Progressive Jewish Alliance, reports
JTA news agency.
The effort comes in the wake of the Anti-Defamation League backing
down last month and recognizing the 1915-16 massacres as "tantamount
to genocide."
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a Jewish
congressman with a substantial Armenian American community, has
majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives but has yet to
come to a vote. The resolution urges the U.S. President to use term
'genocide' in his annual April 24 statement.
A number of Jewish groups including the ADL had quietly opposed its
passage, saying it could harm Turkey-Israel relations and jeopardize
the Jewish community in Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
PanARMENIAN.Net
07.09.2007 16:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian National Committee of America had
garnered the support of at least 12 groups by Thursday including
the Union of Reform Judaism, Americans for Peace Now, the Zionist
Organization of America and the Progressive Jewish Alliance, reports
JTA news agency.
The effort comes in the wake of the Anti-Defamation League backing
down last month and recognizing the 1915-16 massacres as "tantamount
to genocide."
The resolution, introduced by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a Jewish
congressman with a substantial Armenian American community, has
majority support in the U.S. House of Representatives but has yet to
come to a vote. The resolution urges the U.S. President to use term
'genocide' in his annual April 24 statement.
A number of Jewish groups including the ADL had quietly opposed its
passage, saying it could harm Turkey-Israel relations and jeopardize
the Jewish community in Turkey.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress