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A Genocide By Any Other Name
Every year in April, Armenians around the world commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which is still denied by Turkey and remains unrecognized by the US government. There are marches in Los Angeles and demonstrations in New York City, as descendants of survivors demand official recognition of the 1915 events.
Many have asked why, after almost a centur
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Such beautifully summary of this unjustified genocide yet ,such writing helps hopefully to move this cause forward
Thank you Alexa ,very impressive !!!!
Bravo Alexa. Such a beautifully written article. From one Genocide survivor descendent to another.
The greatest State/Nation insult is by the State of Israel that still to this day does not recognize the Armenian Genocide!! WHY!!! Because of their strategic ties to Turkey? To me they are they greatest hypocrites.
I am a child of two genocide survivors.
Israel does not have strategic ties to Turkey. Where have you been? Nine years ago, relations between Israel and Turkey were already strained and Erdung was threatening the Jews in Turkey. In May 2010 Turkey sent a boat to lead a so-called “Free Gaza” Flotilla to break the blockade of Gaza. Now since Hamas took over Gaza in 2007 Israel has kept certain goods from going to Gaza although food trucks from Israel come to Gaza every day. So they are not starving because of Israel. Israel does not want to let goods into Gaza that can serve for military or terrorist purposes. And those are excluded. Now, Gaza has a border with Egypt in the south but they like to complain about Israel.
Getting back to Turkey and Israel, you should know that Turkey actively supports the Hamas group of jihadi terrorists who rule Gaza. So that 2010 flotilla was also meant to support Hamas. As the Turkish boat, the Mavi Marmara, approached the coast of Gaza and it was ordered to stop by Israeli ships enforcing the blockade [intended to keep military or dual civilian-military goods out of Gaza], it refused to stop. Israeli naval commandos landed on the mavi marmara from helicopters and were attacked by jihadi thugs on board, some of the commangdos being severely wounded. So the Israeli commandos shot at the jihadis and killed 10 of them, all Turks with one being a dual US-Turkish citizen. Obama wanted us to compensate the Turks’ families for the deaths and to “apologize” for killing jihadi thugs. You know what Obama was like. So Israel does not have good relations with Turkey, let alone “strategic” relations. The time when Israel cooperated with State Dept efforts to squelch congressional resolutions recognizing the genocide is long, long past. So if such resolutions do not go through Congress it is because of the State Dept, not Israel or pro-Israel Americans.
By the way, we do have good relations today with Greece and Cyprus. It is demeaning to Armenians, in my view, to hold onto paranoid suspicions about Jews and Israel.
This is a superb, articulate article summarizing succinctly yet highly accurately and thoroughly the status of the Armenian Genocide in modern times. Կեցցէ~ս (Bravo!), Alexa.
I wish you every success in your future professional activities.
On the upcoming 115th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24th whereby up to 40 Nations around the world that have come forward in recognizing this 1st Holocaust, it is a shame that Israel has not come forward in recognizing this first disaster after what happened to the Jewish People during WW2. For some reason Turks & Israel are working together & have forced the U.S. to put aside the Armenian Genocide saying Turkey is a staunch U.N. Ally which is a poor excuse & Israel worrying what Turks would do to Jews living in Turkey. Nobody brings out Talaat Pasha whom was Jewish & whom took over the Sultan Hood in 1908 & when WWI started he had the opportunity to eliminate the Armenian People whom lost up to 2 million Armenians & another million forced to become Moslem Turks & the million or more whom fled to other lands. All the Armenians whom owned busineses in Turkey where taken over by Jews which Talaat succeeded in doing. All, Kemal Attaturk whom took over the newly elected Turkish Government after the 1st WW, was also Jewish whom wiped out another 50,000 Armenians, not counting the elimination of Greeks & Assyrian People. Armenians never bring out these atrocities by Turks & Jews.