Israel's failed response to the Armenian genocide :: denial, state deception, truth versus politicization of history /

"When the Turkish government demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide at Israel's First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, and that Armenian lecturers not be allowed to participate, the Israeli government followed suit. This book follows the a...

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Hauptverfasser: Charny, Israel W. (VerfasserIn), Zarakolu, Ragıp, 1948- (VerfasserIn), Hovannisian, Richard G. (VerfasserIn), Berenbaum, Michael, 1945- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Brookline, MA : Academic Studies Press, 2021.
Schriftenreihe:Holocaust (Boston, Mass.)
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Zusammenfassung:"When the Turkish government demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide at Israel's First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, and that Armenian lecturers not be allowed to participate, the Israeli government followed suit. This book follows the author's gutsy campaign against his government and his quest to successfully hold the conference in the face of censorship. A political whodunit based on previously secret Israel Foreign Ministry cables, this book investigates Israel's overall tragically unjust relationship to genocides of other peoples. The book also closely examines the figures of Elie Wiesel and Shimon Peres in their interference with the recognition of other peoples' genocidal tragedies, particularly the Armenian Genocide. Additional chapters by three prominent leaders-a Turk (Ragip Zarakolu), an Armenian (Richard Hovannisian), and a Jew (Michael Berenbaum)-provide added perspectives"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 267 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781644695258
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9781644695241