I personally don’t follow the policies of the “Jewish lobby” very closely and I also don’t like to use the term ‘Jewish lobby’ without specifying it. We know that Turkey and Israel’s relations are not so good now, said Taner Akçam, Associate Professor of History at Clark University, the author of “A Shameful Act: the Armenian Genocide and Turkish Responsibility” book.

It won’t surprise me to learn that some lobbying organizations, who has a very close relation to Israel, may use the tensions between Turkey and Israel to pull back from expending any energy in objecting to the genocide resolution. “But in either situation, whether opposing or supporting a Resolution, their justification for doing would be rather distasteful. One needs to recognize the ugliness of a position that essentially says “We’ll be either denialist or resolute on historical injustices depending on Israel’s political self-interest”, professor Akcam told PanARMENIAN.Net.