AMERICAN-JEWISH GROUP READY TO ACKNOWLEDGE ARMENIAN ALLEGATIONS
The New Anatoliani
Aug 22 2007
Turkey
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), an influential American Jewish
organization fighting against anti-Semitism, has said that it would
acknowledge Armenian allegations on the 1915 incidents in Ottoman
Turkey.
ADL President Abraham Foxman said in a statement posted on group’s
web-site that his organization had come to share the view that the
incidents "were indeed tantamount to genocide," but adding that the
organization maintained its opposition against bringing the issue to
Congressional floor.
"We continue to firmly believe that a Congressional resolution on
such matters is a counterproductive diversion and will not foster
reconciliation between Turks and Armenians and may put at risk the
Turkish Jewish community and the important multilateral relationship
between Turkey, Israel and the United States," Foxman said.
The ADL has so far described those events as "massacres and
atrocities."