HAIM ORON TO INITIATE DEBATE ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN KNESSET APRIL 28

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 16, 2010 – 16:19 AMT 11:19 GMT

Chairman of Meretz bloc and member of the Israeli Knesset Haim Oron,
who is the main supporter of the Armenian Genocide recognition, will
submit a debate on the issue on April 28. However, according to him,
his expectations are more than skeptical.

As April 24, when this date is commemorated worldwide, is Saturday,
Oron is going to offer this delicate issue for a discussion on April
28, after the parliamentary vacation.

"I stay in touch with Armenian organizations, but this year the
government will bury this issue sooner than last time," Izsrus portal
quoted Oron as saying. "Currently Yerevan and Ankara are in a process
of negotiations, and many people do not recommend interfering. I do
not see any connection between the events which happened 95 years ago
and current geopolitics of the region, but these are the realities."

After the appointment of Ze’ev Elkin of Likud party to the post of
chairman of the coalition, Oron has lost his ally in the struggle
for the Armenian Genocide recognition. "Earlier, he was the leader of
Israel-Armenia parliamentary friendship group, however, now we shall
wait to see what pressure will be exerted on him by the coalition
fellows. I will talk to him soon… Despite sharp cooling in the
Turkish-Israeli relations and many people’s desire to do a bad turn
to Turkey, I have skeptical expectations," said Oron.