Israel's Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide
Denial, State Deception, Truth versus Politicization of History
Israel W. Charny
- 270 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Israel's Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide
Denial, State Deception, Truth versus Politicization of History
Israel W. Charny
About This Book
When the Turks demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide and that Armenian lecturers not be allowed to participate, the Israeli government followed suit, demanding the same of the then forthcoming First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide. This book follows the author's gutsy campaign against the Israeli government and his quest to successfully hold the conference in the face of censorship. A political whodunit based on previously secret Israel Foreign Ministry cables, this book investigates Israel's overall tragically unjust relationships to genocides of other peoples.
Charny also closely examines Elie Wiesel, who remains a great hero but is seen also as interfering with recognition of other peoples' genocidal tragedies, and Shimon Peres, who opposed recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Additional chapters by three famous leadersâa Turk (Ragip Zarakolu), an Armenian (Richard Hovannisian), and a Jew (Michael Berenbaum)âprovide added perspectives.