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UNLESS YOU NORMALIZE RELATIONS, WE WILL NOT ASSIST IN ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE
October 25, 2013 | 08:55
"Ankara should accelerate its efforts to normalize ties with Israel
before 2015, the centennial of the so-called Armenian genocide in
1915, as the global Israeli lobby has significantly toned down its
previously staunch support of Turkey in blocking the recognition of
claims of genocide."
Zali De Toledo, head of the Association of Turkish Jews in Israel,
stated the aforesaid.
"As 2015 is approaching, Turkey should take into account its interests
and should normalize relations with Israel by appointing an ambassador
to Israel as soon as possible. If both countries miss the opportunity
to mend the ties, the Israeli lobby will likely stay neutral when
2015 comes," De Toledo told Today's Zaman of Turkey.
De Toledo said she had done her utmost to pressure the Israeli lobby
in the US to refrain from labeling mass killings of Armenians at
the hands of the Ottomans in 1915 as genocide, adding: "I was the
strongest supporter of the Turkish position. And now I am really
disappointed to see Turkish-Israeli relations at this point."
Today's Zaman recalls that although for many years Israel has held back
from commenting on the matter for fear of angering Turkey, last year
the Israeli parliament had a debate over whether to recognize the mass
killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I as genocide.
http://news.am/eng/news/177599.html
October 25, 2013 | 08:55
"Ankara should accelerate its efforts to normalize ties with Israel
before 2015, the centennial of the so-called Armenian genocide in
1915, as the global Israeli lobby has significantly toned down its
previously staunch support of Turkey in blocking the recognition of
claims of genocide."
Zali De Toledo, head of the Association of Turkish Jews in Israel,
stated the aforesaid.
"As 2015 is approaching, Turkey should take into account its interests
and should normalize relations with Israel by appointing an ambassador
to Israel as soon as possible. If both countries miss the opportunity
to mend the ties, the Israeli lobby will likely stay neutral when
2015 comes," De Toledo told Today's Zaman of Turkey.
De Toledo said she had done her utmost to pressure the Israeli lobby
in the US to refrain from labeling mass killings of Armenians at
the hands of the Ottomans in 1915 as genocide, adding: "I was the
strongest supporter of the Turkish position. And now I am really
disappointed to see Turkish-Israeli relations at this point."
Today's Zaman recalls that although for many years Israel has held back
from commenting on the matter for fear of angering Turkey, last year
the Israeli parliament had a debate over whether to recognize the mass
killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I as genocide.
http://news.am/eng/news/177599.html