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    ANTI-ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA ON THE EVE OF THE CENTENNIAL OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN THE JEWISH PRESS

    March 31, 2015

    Alexander Murinson

    By William Weiner

    Times of Israel - An obnoxious, even dangerous, tendency has been
    noticed in numerous media outlets recently, regarding anti-Armenian
    propaganda on the eve of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide in
    the Ottoman Empire. The authors of ordered anti-Armenian articles,
    spread by the Azerbaijani and Turkish propaganda machine in the Jewish
    circles, are the same persons, which looks like, excuse my language,
    journalistic prostitution. Publications, that come out following these
    articles, disprove their dubious facts, and shed light on the powers
    behind anti-Armenian propaganda as well as on the false essence
    of suggested arguments. Nevertheless the hired authors continue
    to resort to epistolary genre, which is already rather marasmic. I
    wonder, if they really believe that today's reader is that much naïve
    and illiterate

    Nonetheless, on March 18 yet another anti-Armenian article was
    published in the New Algemeiner, one of the most prestigious Jewish
    editions in the USA, reprinted also in The Jerusalem Post and jns.org
    by Alexander Murinson, who entirely devoted his pen to the salvation of
    daily deteriorating reputation of the Azerbaijani-Turkish dictatorship
    in the eyes of the Western public. An attempt is made in the article
    to present the friendly relations between Armenia and Iran as "directed
    against Israel".

    A rather silly strategy is being pursued to push the audience, which
    has overtly negative perception of Iran, against Armenia and the
    Armenian people. However, the reality is that Armenia's friendly
    relations with Iran are not directed against and even can not be
    aimed against any third country, about which reasonable people have
    been very well aware of long time ago.

    Both the United States of America and the European countries, even
    when sharp tensions prevailed in their relations with Iran, never
    missed a chance to officially state that they fully understand the
    policies of Armenia to deepen mutually beneficial relations with Iran.

    And if good relations with Iran did not affect Armenia's ties with
    the United States and Europe, then what is the point in contrasting
    them to those with Israel!? Given the unilateral closure of the
    Armenian-Turkish border by Turkey and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict,
    one can not underestimate the importance of interaction with Iran
    both in economic and political aspects.

    On the other hand, significance of the development of relations with
    Israel is well understood in Yerevan, given Israel's important role in
    the Middle East and the factor of Jewish Diaspora. No one in Yerevan
    would contrast relations with Iran to Israel and vice versa, as well
    as to build relations with the Russian Federation to the detriment
    of other neighboring country, say, Georgia. This is an absurd! Given
    the complex geopolitical region, Armenia is obliged to maintain good
    relations both with Iran and the West, Russia and Georgia, regardless
    the existing disagreements between themselves. The Israeli society
    is quite aware of this hard situation, as Israel, being located in
    a region, abundant with problems, can not miss any chance to build
    friendly relations with neighbors. By the way, the successful policy of
    Yerevan in this direction was not left unnoticed by the international
    media (take, In Facing Its Adversaries, America's Got a Hidden Lever:
    Armenia.)

    Even though Mr. Murinson learned lessons of past mistakes, and in
    this article he childishly tries to conceal his close ties with the
    Azerbaijani propaganda machine, in his article the bottom-line is
    attempting to contrast Azerbaijan with Armenia in the eyes of Israel.

    Thus, Murinson has made "epoch-making breakthrough", mentioning that
    unlike Azerbaijan, high-ranking delegations of Armenia do not deign
    to make frequent visits to Israel. Undoubtedly, Murinson clearly
    understands that political dialogue between states to a large extent
    is determined by the principle of reciprocity. And the same Israel
    does not maintain parity of visits to the countries of South Caucasus.

    For instance, the Prime-Minister, President as well as Foreign Minister
    of Israel have visited Azerbaijan, rather than Armenia. In case, when
    visits from Armenia on the level of President and Foreign Minister
    were paid to Israel over years.

    On March 5 this year, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward
    Nalbandian paid a visit to Israel and attended the concert performed
    by Jerusalem Symphonic Orchestra, dedicated to the Centenary of the
    Armenian Genocide, as well as met the President of Israel Reuven
    Rivlin. According to official press-releases, during the meeting
    confidence was expressed that the Minister's visit will contribute
    to the strengthening of the Armenia-Israel relations. The President
    of Israel and Foreign Minister of Armenia discussed issues relating
    joint responsibility of Armenian and Jewish people in prevention of
    crimes against humanity. It is worth mentioning that in his article,
    Murinson characterizes Nalbandian's visit having an anti-Turkish and
    anti-Azerbaijani context. It is hard to say, what made the author to
    make such an evaluation. Most probably, the paranoid essence of the
    Azerbaijani-Turkish propaganda and zeal to please, i.e. to perform
    well, does a disservice to the author, when any expression of "crime
    against humanity" is deliberately seen as a step directed against
    Turkey or Azerbaijan.

    At the same time, it is unacceptable and ridiculous to present
    the Armenian quarter of Jerusalem having 1500 years-old history, an
    integral part of this Holy City of the world, along with the Armenian
    Apostolic Patriarchate of Jerusalem, that is of considerable political
    and cultural significance for the mutual awareness of the Armenian and
    Jewish peoples, as an element working against Israel. This fact is a
    vivid example of naïve hope to spread hatred against Armenians and,
    particularly, Armenian community of Israel, which is a reminder of
    of publications well known before in the press of Nazi Germany in
    1930s on "Jewish conspiracy" against Germany.

    Concerning the Jerusalem Patriarchate of the Armenian Apostolic
    Church, it is worth mentioning, that according to the Memorandum
    signed between the sides in 1967, Israel recognizes its rights and
    the rights of Patriarch, as well as the activity of the Patriarchate,
    aimed at the preservation of the Armenian culture in the Middle East.

    In this context, presentation of Patriarchate as Iran's zone of
    influence is an endeavor tantamount to immorality, which has nothing
    to do with truth. Fortunately, this is clear to any reasonable human
    being. It is quite strange that Mr. Murinson, who considers himself
    as an "expert", hopes for the reverse...

    It is obvious that those questionable theses suggested by Murinson and
    other journalists of his kind contain elements of extraneous hatred
    towards Armenians and are expressions of hired journalism. I consider
    the behavior of the so called representatives of epistolary genre,
    who try to set the world Jewry against the Armenian people through
    speculations on national sentiments and pursuit of some political
    goals, absolutely dishonorable.

    Corrupting media is a dangerous tendency! Stop this, Messrs! I
    understand that today everything can be purchased, but no one has yet
    erased professional ethics. That is why, as a Jew, I once again call
    upon the journalists and experts to refrain from further attempts to
    speak on the behalf of the Jews and impose yet another non-existent
    conflict on the world Jewry, and I earnestly request the Jewish media
    not to give a floor for spreading biased pseudo-analytical articles
    of that kind.

    William Weiner is President of the "Menora" Jewish Cultural Center
    in Armenia, an Honored Worker of Art of the Republic of Armenia and
    a Member of the Composers' League of Israel.

    http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/64801

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