ARMENIAN JEWISH LEADER CONDEMNS USE OF ISRAELI FLAG AT OPPOSITION RALLY
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Feb 28 2008
Yerevan, 28 February: The leader of the Jewish community of Armenia,
Rimma Varzhapetyan, told Mediamax today that sheconsiders the use
of the Israeli flag at the rally of ex-President Ter-Petrosyan’s
supporters to be a"provocation".
"I received many phone calls today concerning this and this is why I am
asking you to report that the Jewishcommunity of Armenia has nothing
to do with that, and this is a provocation," Rimma Varzhapetyan told
Mediamaxagency.
Yesterday, Armenian TV channels showed the rally of Ter-Petrosyan’s
supporters where the state flag of Israelwas flapping near the
platform.