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Article: Association of Turkish Jews in Israel Claims Armenian Genocide was not a Genocide, but a Civil War Within World War I; Object to Education Minister's Statement
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- The Armenian Reporter
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- June 3, 2000
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Armenian Reporter, The
06-03-2000
Association of Turkish Jews in Israel Claims Armenian Genocide was not a
Genocide, but a Civil War Within World War I; Object to Education
Minister's Statement
The Association of Turkish Jews in Israel has taken exception to the
statement, made on the occasion of April 24 by Mr. Yossi Sarid, Israel's
Minister of Education, who drew a parallel between the Armenian Genocide
and the Jewish Holocaust.
"As Israeli citizens of Turkish-Jewish origin," said the statement issued
by the organization, "we would like to express our outrage at the comments
of the Minister of Education Mr. Yossi Sarid, drawing a parallel between
the so-called "Armenian Genocide" and the Jewish ...