It was a pity to see the group which advocates for human rights and recognition of the rights of the Jewish people and their treatment, taking a lot of controversy on the media, whether it recognizes the Armenian Genocide or not.After much heated debate and pressure on Mr. Foxman the director, ADL recognized the Genocide, at last.
According to Wikipedia:
"The Anti-Defamation League (or ADL) is an advocacy group founded by B'nai B'rith in the United States whose stated aim is "to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. Its ultimate purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens."[1]Foxman tried to please the Turks and even noted that the fate of the Turkish Jews would be in trouble, if USA ever recognizes the Genocide. He also added that this issue should not be the concerns of the governments, but that it should be discussed between Armenian and Turk scholars and historians, to come to a reconciliation about their past history.With an annual budget of over $50 million,[2] the ADL has 29 offices in the United States and three offices in other countries, with its headquarters located in New York City. Since 1987, Abraham Foxman has been the national director in the United States."
It seems that Mr. Foxman knows nothing about the "Genocidal Attitude" which is still prevalent today in Turkey towards the minorities, be them Greeks, Assyrians, or Armenians. It seems that Mr. Foxman did not hear about Hrant Dink and how he was assassinated just months ago in front of his newspaper's offices. He wouldn't even know about Mr. Hrant Guzelyan who was shot and imprisoned in the 1980's and later exiled to France, because he was gathering Armenian orphans from Anatolia, bringing them to Istanbul to give them shelter, education and Christian upringing.
Perhaps Mr. Foxman should discuss the Holocaust with the Nazis.
Raffi