Israel may recognize Armenian Genocide to spite Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net - Israel formally described this language (Erdogan's statement on Gaza) as "unacceptable" and certain Israeli media outlets have raised the stakes. The Jerusalem Post editorialized that given Turkey's record of killing tens of thousands of Kurds in northern Iraq, "we're not convinced that Turkey has earned the right to lecture Israelis about human rights."



Israel's deputy foreign minister was even more pointed, "Erdogan says that genocide is taking place in Gaza. We [Israel] will then recognize the Armenian-related events as genocide."



Turkish columnist Barcin Yinanc, shrewdly wrote, "When April comes, I can imagine the [Turkish] government instructing its Ambassador to Israel to mobilize the Israeli government to stop the Armenian initiatives in the U.S. Congress. I can hear some Israelis telling the Turkish Ambassador to go talk to Hamas to lobby the Congress."



"Then-candidate Barack Obama twice pledged that he would recognize the Armenian Genocide. But so had candidate George W. Bush eight years earlier, until he was elected and faced the Turkish/Jewish lobby. Armenian Americans and their backers are already pressing Mr. Obama to fulfill his pledge. With the Turkish-Israeli alliance deeply strained, the position of the leading Jewish organizations is very much in question this time. Whatever the outcome, be sure that politics, not genocide, will be the decisive factor," Yinanc wrote.