INTERNATIONAL STUDY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BEGAN WITHIN THE LAST 15 YEARS

PanArmenian
April 21 2009
Armenia

"The whole scientific world, with a few exceptions, considers mass
murders and deportations of Armenians during the World War I as
Genocide. The assertion is no longer disputed. The lawyer Rafael
Lemkin, who first introduced the term in international law, drew on the
facts of the Armenian Genocide," Stefan Asaturyan Berkley University
Professor, California, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to
him, Israel’s unwillingness to equate the holocaust with the Armenian
Genocide has a number of reasons. "Holocaust is the ideological
foundation of Israel. Jewish people believe they had been subjected
to holocaust, being God’s chosen people.

So it’s hard to imagine Israel will ever recognize the Armenian
Genocide, though many Jewish historians are already discussing it,"
Asaturyan emphasized.

According to American historian, serious international study of the
Armenian Genocide began within the last 15 years. "Before, the issue
had been solely an Armenian monopoly. Everything has changed in the
beginning of 1990s, when leading historians and holocaust specialists
agreed about both tragedies being equal. I’m glad that the Genocide
is no longer only an internal argument."