Ankara, The New Anatolian

“We have difficulty in understanding why the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the most important Jewish organizations in the USA, has changed stance and decided to acknowledge Armenian allegations regarding 1915 incidents,” Turkish Jewish Community announced on Wednesday.

Releasing a statement, the Community regretted the change in ADL’s stance and recalled ADL’s National Director Abraham Foxman’s statement that the ADL believed that the 1915 incidents “were not a genocide”.

“We have difficulty in understanding recent developments in U.S. public and the sudden change of views that caused difference of opinion among some Jewish organizations,” the statement noted.

The statement said that Jewish organizations in the USA will maintain their attitude not to support the Armenian thesis regarding 1915 incidents and the related resolution no 106 as they will not serve a compromise between Turks and Armenians.

“We would like to stress that the news reports that begin with the expression ‘Jews’ in local web-sites may be misleading, and this view only represents the opinion of American Jewish organizations,” the statement pointed out.

In the statement, Turkish Jewish Community stressed that the community thinks that this matter should be discussed in academic level within the framework of archives of all concerned parties, and continues to support the theses that parliaments are not the ground to make decision on historical realities.

“Our state institutions are well aware of our efforts to defend Turkey’s interests and theses, and our efforts will continue,” the statement added.

Source: www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-28393.html