April 27, 2005 - 11:20 AMT
TO EQUATE HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE IMPORTANT FOR ARMENIANS AND JEWS
The presence of four Israelis in Yerevan at the events dedicated to the 90-th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was very important for the initiators, since that have made some amendments to the agenda with the consideration of our requests", Knesset member Yossi Sarid writes in the article entitled "Return from Armenia", Yerkir online reported. According to the Israeli politician, the fact of the Armenian Genocide cannot be questioned and the debates on this issue going on in the Israeli parliament sometimes bear rather stupid character. When stressing the necessity of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide by Israel Sarid writes that to equate the Holocaust and Genocide is very important both for Armenians and Jews, but it is much more important for the whole mankind.