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    TURKEY CONCERNED OVER GENOCIDE RESOLUTION IN ISRAEL

    Asbarez
    Apr 30th, 2010

    ANKARA (Today's Zaman)-Turkey is concerned over a decision by the
    Israeli parliament on Wednesday to have one of its standing committees
    consider a draft resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, the
    Turkish Today's Zaman newspaper reported Friday citing a Foreign
    Ministry spokesman.

    The Knesset decided by 12 votes to 8, with one abstention, that one
    of its standing committees will discuss the resolution and determine
    whether it should be put to a full parliament vote. "We ought to be
    sensitive and open to the sorrow of others as a nation with a history
    of experiencing genocide," resolution lead sponsor, Haim Oron of the
    Opposition Meretz party said in a speech before the vote. Oron urged
    parliament to properly recognize the Armenian genocide, saying that
    "justice needs to be implemented."

    The Turkish Foreign Ministry reacted to these developments on
    Thursday, urging Israel not to allow the resolution to proceed beyond
    committee. "We expect this attempt to bring no result," Foreign
    Ministry spokesman Burak Ozugergin said at a weekly press conference
    in Ankara on Thursday.

    It is not yet clear which Knesset committee will pick up the measure.

    Oron wants it to be debated by the Education Committee, having failed
    to push similar bills through the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee
    in 2009 and 2008. But the government wants the latter panel to again
    deal with the matter.

    The Defense Committee, however, has not voted on Armenian genocide
    resolutions, highlighting successive Israeli governments' reluctance
    to antagonize Turkey, a Muslim partner of the Jewish state.

    Turkey, whose ties with Israel have been strained over Prime Minister
    Erdogan's harsh criticism of Israel's actions in Palestine, denies
    the Genocide and has at time threatened the security of Turkish Jews
    to thwart Israel and Jewish American groups from supporting Armenian
    Genocide recognition.

    "Our position is clear, not only about the Israeli parliament but
    about all parliaments' attempts to judge history. History should
    be interpreted by historians," Ozugergin said. Last month, Turkey
    recalled its ambassadors to Sweden and the United States after
    resolutions recognizing the Genocide were passed by lawmakers in
    both countries. The two envoys were sent back, however, after Turkey
    received what it called "satisfactory messages" from the US and
    Swedish administrations.

    Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu is set to visit
    Israel soon to discuss this and other bilateral ties.
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