Fast forward to yesterday (Nov 7) the Turkish government issued “genocide” arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israeli officials. Oh the irony.
Israel should respond by recognizing the Armenian Genocide and building a museum in Jerusalem to remember victims.
Stinking Turk dogsqueeze...
I think we’ve hesitated to talk about the Armenian (and Assyrian) genocide because during the Cold War we were concerned about offending the Turks. But those days are over. At one time the Turks were one of the few Muslim countries to be on good terms with Israel, which may account for any hesitance on their part. But again, those days are over.
It was a terrible slaughter for which the Turks have never been willing to recognize and too many people have been afraid to hold them to account. And sadly we have to recognize that genocide is not an aberration but a continuing feature of Islam. It continues to happen in the here and now right in front of our eyes.
Democide is democide, regardless of the perpetrator or victim.
From the article: “The fourth, and most important, reason is that Israel seeks to monopolize the genocide (or what is known as the Holocaust) of the European Jewish people at the hands of Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II.”
I find this plausible.
There was discussion on FreeRepublic that mentioned the Holocaust. I mentioned the Holodomor and was lectured that there was no comparison. 6 million Jews were murdered. 7 million Christians were murdered. No comparison because ...
I understand Jews stressing the Holocaust, much as I understand a few Irish Americans harping on the Irish potato famine. It’s easy to be narrow of thought. In the case of Jews, I think it goes further. They cling to their identity in part by remembering the Holocaust.
The Israeli PM recognizes the Armenian gcide and someone writes an article bitching that he didn’t do it with the “correct” expression on his face?
There’s no problem between Armenia and Israel, they recognize each other and have good relations.
The article writer needs to back off his typewriter and look in his mirror