International study of the Armenian Genocide began within the last 15 years

PanARMENIAN.Net - ''The whole scientific world, with a few exceptions, considers mass murders and deportations of Armenians during the World War I as Genocide. The assertion is no longer disputed. The lawyer Rafael Lemkin, who first introduced the term in international law, drew on the facts of the Armenian Genocide,'' Stefan Asaturyan Berkley University Professor, California, told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. According to him, Israel's unwillingness to equate the holocaust with the Armenian Genocide has a number of reasons. ''Holocaust is the ideological foundation of Israel. Jewish people believe they had been subjected to holocaust, being God's chosen people.

So it's hard to imagine Israel will ever recognize the Armenian Genocide, though many Jewish historians are already discussing it,'' Asaturyan emphasized.



According to American historian, serious international study of the Armenian Genocide began within the last 15 years. ''Before, the issue had been solely an Armenian monopoly. Everything has changed in the beginning of 1990s, when leading historians and holocaust specialists agreed about both tragedies being equal. I'm glad that the Genocide is no longer only an internal argument.''