ISRAEL WILL RECOGNIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IF IT FORGOES "HOLOCAUST MONOPOLY"

PanARMENIAN.Net
17.02.2009 21:03 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Ergodan’s Davos
walkout gave hope for recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Israel.

It could be possible but for Israel’s conviction of uniqueness of
the Holocaust, an Armenian expert said.

"The uniqueness of the Holocaust is an extremely important and delicate
topic for the Jewish identity. Tensions in the Turkey-Israel relations
are not enough to settle the problem. Israel will recognize Armenian
Genocide if it forgoes Holocaust monopoly," deputy director of the
Armenian Genocide Institute-Museum, orientalist Suren Manukyan told
PanARMENIAN.Net.

Tel Aviv can use the genocide issue as a tool of pressure on Turkey
but recognition is unlikely, according to him.

"However, under the circumstances, the Jewish lobby in the U.S. may
reconsider its position on recognition of the Genocide by the 111th
Congress," Manukyan presumed.