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Nancy Kricorian is the author of the novels Zabelle, Dreams of Bread and Fire, and All the Light There Was. She is currently working on a novel about Armenians in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War.
Latest posts by Nancy Kricorian (see all)
- Dr. Patricia Kaishian: Advocate for Diversity of Life, Advocate for Armenia - January 26, 2022
- On Violence and Racism in the Armenian Quarter: A Call for Respect and Equality - May 26, 2021
- In Loving Memory of Leo Kricorian - May 17, 2020
A disparaging article; some of which can’t be denied. Some of which was specific.
What can we do when the Israelis doesn’t know who their friend is and who is not?
Mr. Mooradian, couldn’t you just as well say that Turkish chauvinists don’t know who their friend is and who is not?
Some people think that it’s clever to fawn over tyrants, to try to ingratiate ourselves to them. But day by day the zionists are poisoning their own well, and in the medium long-run the zionist project is doomed. Armenians want other countries to acknowledge the genocide that befell our nation. How can we ask them to recognize the injustice done to us when some of us refuse to acknowledge the injustice done to our neighbors and friends in Palestine?
For my part, I refuse to try to convince myself that those who destroyed our ancient community in Jerusalem, who dropped bombs on our sanitarium in Lebanon, who stoked the civil war in that country and slaughtered 17,000 people in there in summer 1982 alone, who helped set the stage for the slaughter in Iraq (remember the Mossad “report” about Yellow Cake?), who set the stage for the war in Syria and the destruction of the Armenian community in that country, and who want Trump to start another war, this time against our most helpful neighbor, Iran–I refuse to try to convince myself that these zionist enemies of the Armenian nation are friends.
Well, said. If they were friends of the Armenians Israel would have recognized the genocide long ago. Those who have plans to commit crimes do not condemn the crimes of others.
@Markar Melkonian Wow are you the brother of Monte Melkonian the revolutionary and the author of “My Brother’s Road” and other books.
Such an honor to hear from such individual.
Respect!!
I know woefully little about history and the background of events affecting the tormented residents of Palestine. Mr. Melkonian, your enlightened comment resonates strongly with me and validates my hatred of the colonialist, criminally psychotic ideology Zionism and its every adherent. Viva Palestine!
1. I’m a religious Zionist Jew here in Israel and a member of the FB group “Israeli-Armenian Solidarity” admined by K Muradian.
2. I struggle a lot for making my government and Knesset tottaly officially recognizing the Armenian Holocaust which coused our own Jewish Holocaust to occurre.
3. I strongly condemn any spitting and insulting from the Haredi Jews! You’re our true friends and tollerance about you is a must! You’re not like the Muslims our life-enemies!
4. I strongly condemn the difficulties from the municipality or any other authority in building, parking etc.; A foolish attitude which pushes you towards the Arab “Palestinians” who are your enemies indeed as well as ours.
5. I believe in all my heart that all mentioned above mest be repaired and thus the proof of our genuine solidarity shall appear very soon.
Hello Mr. Haredi Zionist, I am Malkon Marizian from East Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine. Brother, I do see appreciate your apologies, which is highly nice, however, that does not make at least some of us Armenians feel separated from our Palestinian brothers and sisters by condemning them for being Muslims. Islam is a religion, and people should be described by their ethnicity or race rather than religion.
It was the Arab Palestinian Muslims and Christians who embraced our tragedy in the Genocide of 1915 rather than the Jewish people. My family who had to flee the Armenian Genocide were also forced out to flee from Historical Palestine when Israel came and took the land by force in 1948, let alone stealing all of our houses, shops, and belongings. I was shot at twice by Israeli soldiers when I did nothing but going to school in Bethlehem as a child. To say such statements where the Jewish people are the ones standing with us and thus we Armenians have a common enemy is completely racist, even if any Armenians agree with you whatsoever, though definitely I do not agree with that as a Palestinian Armenian myself. This is the same policy used by Israel to divide and conquer the Palestinian people by calling some Muslims and some Armenians, and then even calling Christians in the Kenesset as Aramaiacs! Funny enough, Christianity has become a political earthly identity according to Israeli Policy.
Kindly be more respectful
Thank you