Posted on 02/07/2018 4:29:09 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Russia reacted seriously to yesterday's Knesset bill to recognize the Ukrainian genocide in the 1930's advanced by Druze MK Akram Hasson (Kulanu) and marking the Holodomor ("to kill by starvation"), the mass famine in Ukraine between 1932-3 in which millions were killed. The Russian Embassy reacted by saying the bill "sadly distorts history".
Meanwhile, the Russians are applying additional pressure on the media. Yesterday, Russian Deputy Ambassador to Israel Leonid Frolov spoke with Galei Tzahal's Michael Hauser Tov. Frolov was asked whether this law intensifies sensitivities while security coordination between Jerusalem and Moscow regarding Iran and Syria is at its peak.
Frolov said: "This is not a good time to discuss such a proposal. This is a very important time for all the world and now, when Mr. Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital, Israel needs the support not only of the United States; Israel needs the support of many other countries, who think in a different way."
The Ukrainian wholesale murder in the 1930s perpetrated by Stalin is an upsetting issue for the Russians. According to Hasson's proposal, the State of Israel will officially recognize the Ukrainian genocide, and even hold a memorial day and ceremony on the subject.
Russia claims it was natural disaster that caused the terrible hunger, and not, as they say in Ukraine, a deliberate action of the Soviet Union against them.
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I really don’t know why Russia today should feel defensive about what Stalin and the Soviet Union did in the 1930s. It happened. It was bad. Just admit it and try not to do it again. How hard is that?
Given the long and colorful history of love and brotherhood between Jews and Ukranians, this is quite surprising, and I hope appreciated by Ukranians.
Ummmm... I think those were mostly NOT JEWS. And that they believe themselves to have been GENOCIDED BY JEWS which did have something to do with the Nazis using such harsh tactics against them.
I really dont know why Russia today should feel defensive about what Stalin and the Soviet Union did in the 1930s. It happened. It was bad. Just admit it and try not to do it again. How hard is that?
Its Europe. Grudges for injustices, real or perceived, are routinely held for 500-1000 years.
They can join the club of Turkey denying the Armenian genocide and the Japanese atrocities in China, etc. that they’d removed from their schools history books.
What famine? Both the New York Times and Eleanor Roosevelt visited at the time and reported there was no famine.
Did you forget to close your sarcasm tag? Just checking.
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You mean, the Pulitzer-prize winnning journalist? :(
The Russians invaded homes and removed all food from Ukrainians. Russian soldiers shot children who were found in wheat fields. Piss on Putin if he isn’t man enough to admit the atrocities of Stalin.
Did you forget to close your sarcasm tag? Just checking.
I was absolutely certain that no tags were needed.
Maybe Japan can express regret for the Ukrainian Famine and Russia for the Rape of Nanking. Sort of like humanitarian carbon offset credits.
Someone needs to tell Putin that Russia is incapable of intimidating Israel.
Yup.
And it was almost 100 years ago.
Time for the Turks to fess up about the Armenian genocide.
I think Jews know a bit about genocide.
Any situation where one country is giving the other “apologize” ulitmatums is a problem. Jews now want to blame Poland for the ‘holocaust’. Seems Ukraine is next. Both countries do contain significant right wing elements. Suddenly seems to be attached to the demand that they let the immigrants in or die.
> Its Europe. Grudges for injustices, real or perceived, are routinely held for 500-1000 years. <
You’ve got that right. I’m of Hungarian descent. And don’t get my older relatives started about the Romanians. The list of grievances you’ll hear!
Some of our resident autistics on FR are intellectually incapable of grasping the nuances of sarcasm.
I imagine you’re about to get to know some of them.
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