ISSUE OF RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MAY BE RAISED IN THE ISRAELI KNESSET TODAY

ArmRadio.am
14.03.2007 11:29

The "Meres" political party of Israel is likely to raise the issue of
recognition of the Armenian Genocide in the Knesset of Israel today,
one of the leaders of the Armenian National Committee of Israel,
historian Georgette Avagyan hopes. Israeli mass media have not
reacted yet, since the 6 members of the "Meres" party meet with
parliamentarians separately and do not make public statements.

It’s worth mentioning that due to understandable reasons MPs
representing Arab parties earlier refused to participate in the
vote on the genocide. The Israel-Turkey and Israel-Azerbaijan
Interparliamentary Friendship Groups of the Knesset will most probably
prevent the discussion of the issue or will vote against. There are
also Russian-speaking Jew MPs, who migrated from Baku, and they often
make anti-Armenian statements in Israeli press.

There is an Armenia-Israel Interparliamentary Friendship Group in the
Knesset chaired by Ze Velkin, member of the ruling "Kadima" party. Let
us remind also that the last attempt to put the question of recognition
of the Armenian Genocide on discussion in the Knesset was made in 2002.