ArmenPress
March 23 2005

ARMENIAN JEWS ASK BROTHERS AND SISTERS WORLDWIDE TO RECOGNIZE
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

YEREVAN, MARCH 23, ARMENPRESS: The Jewish community of Armenia
called Tuesday on all Jewish organizations worldwide urging them to
recognize the Armenian genocide.
A statement by the community says the government of the Ottoman
Turkey committed a horrible crime by exterminating 1.5 million of
Armenians who were its citizens. It says this fact was silenced for
decades and was not condemned by the international community. “The
Holocaust would have never taken place had the peoples of the world
condemned the Armenian genocide at that time, as they have now risen
to fight the terrorism,” the statement says.
It also says governments should put aside their political or
economic interests and condemn the Armenian genocide. It says the
recognition of the Armenian genocide will not be aimed against the
Turkish people and quite the contrary, it will do it a credit in the
eyes of the civilized humanity, as was the case with Germany, when
its government recognized the fact of elimination of 6 million Jews
during World War II.
“On the eve of the 90-th anniversary of this horrible crime we
call on those , who emphasize the acknowledgment of the historical
truth and ask them to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent
victims,” the statement says.