Newton TAB, MA
Aug 22 2007

OPEN THREAD: Did Foxman go far enough?

August 22nd, 2007 by Gail Spector

The Boston Globe and other media outlets report that ADL National
Director Abraham Foxman has reversed his position on the massacre of
1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomon Turks in the early 20th century.
In this blog discussion, Watertown TAB and press editor Chris Helms
says that that `tantamount to genocide’ is not the same thing as
genocide. We said the same thing in our editorial today. What do you
think? Did Foxman go far enough in recognizing the genocide? Does he
need to support the congressional legislation calling upon U.S.
foreign policy to reflect that the Armenian genocide did in fact
exist? Does he need to reinstate regional director Andrew Tarsy? Or
is he acting appropriately in an effort to protect Turkish Jews and
to preserve Israel’s relationship with Turkey?

And should Newton sever its ties with the ADL’s No Place for Hate
program?

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress