TURKISH JEWS JOIN STRUGGLE AGAINST ARMENIAN RESOLUTION AT CONGRESS
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 15 2007
ANKARA, MARCH 15, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. "A delegation composed
of Jews living in Turkey is trying to do lobbyist work at the US
Congress that intends to adopt a resolution, according to which
massacres of Armenians in 1915 in the Ottoman Turkey are qualified
as genocide", Jewish Telegraph Agency reported.
According to the same source, the delegation composed of 3 members
and headed by Silvio Ovadi, leader of Turkey’s Jewish community,
participated in a conference organized by the American-Israeli Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and met with US Congressmen and heads of
Jewish lobbyist organizations.
"Turkish diplomats failed to receive wide support of Jews in the
struggle against adoption of the resolution, which was proposed by
Adam Shif, a Jew who enjoys support of Armenians," Jewish Telegraph
Agency reported.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress