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    WIKILEAKS: U.S DIPLOMAT PRESUMED ARMENIANS GROW INDIFFERENT ON GENOCIDE RECOGNITION

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    September 1, 2011 - 09:42 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - A cable sent by U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Armenia
    Rudolf Perina was among the classified diplomatic documents released
    recently by whistleblower website WikiLeaks.

    The American diplomat touched on reaction of the Armenian public to
    recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Anti-Defamation League
    (ADL).

    Perina said that "Armenian media outlets have not played up" the
    decision by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to recognize the Armenian
    Genocide. "Virtually all television stations reported the news in a
    brief, straightforward manner. The newspapers carried the news in short
    articles on the front page. None carried any commentary," he said.

    The diplomat presumed that the reaction to the ADL decision reflects
    the fact that Genocide affirmation is hardly newsworthy. "The facts
    are self-evident to most Armenians, and they tend to be much less
    emotionally invested," Perina reported. "As Armenia has only a
    tiny Jewish population and practically no history of anti-Semitism,
    this low-key reaction in the Armenian press and public may also be
    attributed, in part, to an overall unfamiliarity with the ADL, and
    why its opinion on the issue should be of interest."

    August 21, 2007, Abraham H. Foxman, National Director of the
    Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement:
    "ADL has decided to revisit the tragedy that befell the Armenians. We
    have never negated but have always described the painful events of
    1915-1918 perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenians as
    massacres and atrocities. On reflection, we have come to share the
    view of Henry Morgenthau, Sr. that the consequences of those actions
    were indeed tantamount to genocide."


    From: Baghdasarian
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