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(TheYeshivaWorld.com)–As Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip
Erdogan continues playing the world’s champion of human rights,
four professors from Bar Ilan and Georgetown Universities have
sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu seeking
official Israeli recognition of the Armenian genocide and an
official call to Turkey to bring an end to its occupation of
Cyprus.
Signing the letter are Professors Yossi Katz, David Tzuriel, and
Yaakov Katz, all from Bar Ilan and Dr. Ofir Yisraeli from
Georgetown.
In
the letter, they decry Turkey’s “hypocrisy”, pointing out that
despite the many agreements signed between Israel and Turkey,
the latter is rapidly become an adversary of Israel.
The
academics feel that over the years, Israel has refrained from
addressing the Armenian Genocide during World War I and
immediately thereafter, opting to place strategic ties with
Turkey over doing the correct thing. But now, they say, Israel
can indeed adopt a morally commendable position towards
compelling Turkey to accept responsibility for its actions.
They
are also calling on Turkey to make painful concessions regarding
its ongoing occupation of Armenian and Kurdish lands, including
autonomy for the Kurds located in southeastern Turkey.
The
professors urged the prime minister to adopt their position,
implementing the new rules of play as Turkey has done. They
point out that such a step is critical towards revealing
Turkey’s hypocrisy to the world following the Gaza flotilla
incident and Turkey’s self-portrayal as a champion of peace and
justice.
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