Chapter 10. Israel’s Continuing Denial of the Armenian Genocide

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface. One is Either for Human Life or Not xi
4. Foreword. Who Really Lied? The Turks, Armenians, and Jews Revisited xv
5. Introduction. Summary: The “Good Guys” (Israel) Turn Out to be the Bigger Liars 1
6. Chapter 1. The First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide in June 1982 in Tel Aviv Was a Milestone Event on Many Levels 5
7. Chapter 2. The Conference Really Did Take Place and Very Meaningfully 51
8. Chapter 3. What was Elie Wiesel’s Real Position about the Armenians and about Addressing the Genocides of Many Non-Jewish Peoples Alongside the Holocaust? 76
9. Chapter 4. Critique: How Should We Have Handled the Threats to Jewish Lives? 98
10. Chapter 5. Israel’s Tragically Immoral Denials of, and Indifference to, the Genocides of Other Peoples 103
11. Chapter 6. Israel’s Denial-Concealment of Cruelty, Genocidal Expulsions, and Massacres of Arabs in the Nonetheless Entirely Just War of Independence: A Striking Chapter of the Universal Challenge to All Peoples to Respect and Protect Life 125
12. Three Contemporary Updates: The Voices of a Distinguished Contemporary Turk, an Armenian, and a Jew
13. Chapter 7. A Contemporary Turk: Ragip Zarakolu—The Banality of Denial 143
14. Chapter 8. A Contemporary Armenian: Richard G. Hovannisian: The Armenian Genocide and Extreme Denial 170
15. Chapter 9. A Contemporary Jew: Michael Berenbaum—The Armenian Genocide, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Israel 203
16. Chapter 10. Israel’s Continuing Denial of the Armenian Genocide 221
17. Afterword. Standing Up for Truth and Justice against Excessive Power 249
18. Acknowledgements and Heartfelt Thanks 251
19. About the Author 255
20. Index 257
21. Ten Commandments for Sovereign Nations and Genocide Scholars 268