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    Yeshiva World News, Israel
    June 9 2010


    Professors Want Action Against Turkey

    (Wednesday, June 9th, 2010)

    As Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues playing the
    world's champion of human rights, four professors from Bar Ilan and
    Georgetown Universities have sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin
    Netanyahu seeking official Israeli recognition of the Armenian
    genocide and an official call to Turkey to bring an end to its
    occupation of Cyprus.

    Signing the letter are Professors Yossi Katz, David Tzuriel, and
    Yaakov Katz, all from Bar Ilan and Dr. Ofir Yisraeli from Georgetown.

    In the letter, they decry Turkey's `hypocrisy', pointing out that
    despite the many agreements signed between Israel and Turkey, the
    latter is rapidly become an adversary of Israel.

    The academics feel that over the years, Israel has refrained from
    addressing the slaughter of Armenians during World War I and
    immediately thereafter, opting to place strategic ties with Turkey
    over doing the correct thing, but now, Israel can indeed adopt a
    morally commendable position towards compelling Turkey to accept
    responsibility for its actions.

    They area also calling to demand that Turkey make painful concessions
    regarding its ongoing occupation, including autonomy for the Kurds
    located in southeastern Turkey.

    The professors urge the prime minister to adopt their position,
    implementing the new rules of play as Turkey has done. They point out
    that such a step is critical towards revealing Turkey's hypocrisy to
    the world following the Gaza flotilla incident and Turkey's
    self-portrayal as a champion of peace and justice.

    (Yechiel Spira ` YWN Israel)

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/General+News/61559/Professors-Want-Action-Against-Turkey.html




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