The Jerusalem Post - Lessons Not Learned: The Armenian Genocide

• 04.08.2015, 11:26
•  World,  Armenia

The Jerusalem post has published an article on the Armenian Genocide. The article starts with the question stated by Hitler "Who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?" saying that "a failure to confront evil, enables evil."

Speaking about the 100^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the article says: "A dark chapter of human history which sadly we have yet to come to grips with. Despite overwhelming evidence, there are still those who deny that the Armenian Genocide occurred at all. 100 years later, no one has held the Ottomans – and their direct successor, Turkey – accountable for the unconscionable barbaric acts they committed. Shockingly, even countries such as Israel and the United States have yet to recognize this horrific event in human history that nearly eliminated the entire Armenian population."

It further on states that April 24, 1915 is known as the beginning of the Armenian Genocide, but states that the persecution began before that and continues after that. "In the 1890s there were brutal pogroms against Armenians. It is estimated that under Sultan Abdul Hamid, 100,000- 300,000 Armenians were murdered."

The author of the article then asks a question if the persecution of Armenians that began in the 1800s was recognized, things would have been different in 1914 for the Armenians, things would have been different when American Jews were screaming at the top of their lungs at the mass-murder of Europe’s Jewry in the 1940s,  when more than 20 million were killed under Stalin, or when an estimated 45 million were killed by Mao Zedong’s "great leap forward" in China, when 800,000 were murdered in Rwanda, or when tens of thousands were killed in Darfur, when millions are still being murdered and tortured and starved to death in North Korea.

The article ends with the following words: "In order to stop this cruelty, in order to make it right, we must first recognize it for what it is: evil. We must recognize the Armenian Genocide and hold the perpetrators accountable for their crimes against humanity. Never Again, for Armenians too."