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    ISRAELI SPEAKER: "NOT APPROPRIATE" FOR KNESSET TO IGNORE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
    Armen Hareyan HULIQ.com

    HULIQ.com
    April 30 2010
    SC

    Yesterday the Knesset of Israel gave it's first go-ahead for the
    discussions aiming at recognizing the Armenian Genocide. Expressing his
    view on the matter the Speaker of the Israeli Parliament Reuven Rivlin
    said while acknowledging the Armenian genocide is not a provocation
    against Turkey, "it is not appropriate for the Knesset to ignore this,"
    Today's Zaman reports.

    The bill to recognize the Armenian genocide by Israel, a nation
    that itself has suffered a genocide, has never come this far in the
    country's parliament. Twelve parliamentarians voted in favor and
    eight against the proposal.

    The Knesset now will debate the proposal that there has been a genocide
    committed by Ottoman Turks against the Armenian population in 1915-1921
    on a House Committee level. The committee will decide what to do and
    where to send the proposal.

    What's Next For The Armenian Genocide Recognition in Israel

    Now, Knesset's House committee will send the genocide debate proposal
    either to the Education Committee or to the Foreign Affairs and Defense
    Committee. The chairman of the Meretz party, who brought the proposal
    forward wants it to go to the Education Committee. The government of
    Israel wants the proposal to go to the Foreign Affairs and Defense
    Committee, which generally holds its hearings behind closed doors.

    Israeli Knesset in September of 2009 had declined to discuss the
    Armenian Genocide recognition debate. However, getting this proposal
    this far is a very significant development.

    The Significance of Knesset's Decision on Armenian Genocide Proposal

    Turkey does not accept that its ancestors committed on of the worst
    massacres of the 20th century: namely the Armenian Genocide, killing
    1.5 million people. While more than 20 countries, including France,
    Russia, Poland, Argentina and 44 U.S. States have recognized that those
    events amounted to a genocide of nearly and entire nation, Turkey has
    spend a lot of money and effort to ensure the U.S. Congress does not
    pass a resolution of recognizing the Armenian Genocide.

    Pro-Jewish lobby in Washington had helped Turkey's efforts and assisted
    very much.

    However, now as Israel has come so close to recognition of the Armenian
    genocide, Turkey stands alone against the U.S. Congress.

    There is a good chance Speker Pelosi will bring the issue up before
    the mid-term elections in November.

    Due to Israel's policies in Gaza and Palestine Turkish-Israeli
    relations had suffered a major setback. Feridun Sinirlioglu, the
    undersecretary of Turkey's Foreign Ministry, who recently made two
    shuttle diplomacy trips to the capital of Armenia, Yerevan and the
    capital of Azerbaijan Baku, will now travel to Israel to discuss
    bilateral ties. Certainly the issue of the recognition of Armenian
    Genocide will be on the agenda.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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