PARIS, APRIL 23, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. "By denying the Armenian Genocide, Israel betrays the memory of the Holocaust victims," Prof. Yair Oron of Israel said, when delivering a speech at the conference "Armenia-Turkey: How to Normalize Relations" in Paris. In his words, Israel is being guided by double standards: on the one hand it struggles against the Holocaust denial, on the other hand it not only denies the Armenian Genocide, but also contributes to the denial of that historical fact. "This will harm the recognition of the Holocaust in the future," Y. Oron noted. "Everybody will agree that Israel has no right to make the Holocaust a subject of trade. Moreover, it has no right to do so with respect to any other country. Yet, Israel has adopted this approach to the Armenian Genocide issue," Oron said. Speaking about the discussions on the Genocide held in the Knesset in 2007, 2008, and 2009, he said that these discussions failed, and in his opinion, the same would happen this year, Yerkir reported.

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