Israel's Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide : : Denial, State Deception, Truth versus Politicization of History / / Israel W. Charny.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Charny, Israel W.,
• MitwirkendeR: Auron, Yair,; Totten, Samuel,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: The Holocaust: History and Literature, Ethics and Philosophy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)

When the Turks demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide and that Armenian lecturers not be allowed to participate, the Israeli government followed suit, demanding the same of the then forthcoming First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide. This book follows the author’s gutsy campaign against the Israeli 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 relationships to genocides of other peoples.Charny also closely examines Elie Wiesel, who remains a great hero but is seen also as interfering with recognition of other peoples’ genocidal tragedies, and Shimon Peres, who opposed recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Additional chapters by three famous leaders—a Turk (Ragip Zarakolu), an Armenian (Richard Hovannisian), and a Jew (Michael Berenbaum)—provide added perspectives.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface. One is Either for Human Life or Not -- Foreword. Who Really Lied? The Turks, Armenians, and Jews Revisited -- Introduction. Summary: The “Good Guys” (Israel) Turn Out to be the Bigger Liars -- Chapter 1. The First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide in June 1982 in Tel Aviv Was a Milestone Event on Many Levels -- Chapter 2. The Conference Really Did Take Place and Very Meaningfully -- 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? -- Chapter 4. Critique: How Should We Have Handled the Threats to Jewish Lives? -- Chapter 5. Israel’s Tragically Immoral Denials of, and Indifference to, the Genocides of Other Peoples -- 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 -- Three Contemporary Updates: The Voices of a Distinguished Contemporary Turk, an Armenian, and a Jew -- Chapter 7. A Contemporary Turk: Ragip Zarakolu—The Banality of Denial -- Chapter 8. A Contemporary Armenian: Richard G. Hovannisian: The Armenian Genocide and Extreme Denial -- Chapter 9. A Contemporary Jew: Michael Berenbaum—The Armenian Genocide, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Israel -- Chapter 10. Israel’s Continuing Denial of the Armenian Genocide -- Afterword. Standing Up for Truth and Justice against Excessive Power -- Acknowledgements and Heartfelt Thanks -- About the Author -- Index -- Ten Commandments for Sovereign Nations and Genocide Scholars