ADL MAINTAINS ITS STANCE ON THE SO-CALLED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Turkish Press
Sabah
Aug 29 2007
Abraham Foxman, the head of US Jewish group the Anti-Defamation
League (ADL), yesterday continued his claims that incidents of
World War I concerning Armenians could be called a "genocide." In a
guest column written for the Boston Jewish Advocate and posted on
the ADL’s webpage yesterday, Foxman wrote, "While 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, we will not hesitate to apply the
term genocide in the future." Foxman added, "We have been in close
contact with the Turkish Jewish community for decades. We have heard
repeatedly from its leaders how concerned they are about the impact of
American Jewish involvements in efforts to label as genocide Turkish
actions against Armenians during World War I … For us, as a Jewish
defense organization, such concern can not go unheeded. Still, we
had a dilemma. As an organization committed to educating people on
the dangers not only of anti-Semitism but of hatred of all kinds,
we could not ignore the terrible tragedy that befell at the hands
of the Ottoman Empire. And we have not. In meetings with high-level
Turkish officials, we have pressed them to come to grips with the
past and speak to what happened. We have done that again and again
and we will continue to do so."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
