Jewish lobbyists contrived a U.S. congressional vote that labeled the World War One-era massacre of Armenians by Turkish forces as genocide, a London-based Arabic-language newspaper claimed on Saturday.
Pro-Israel lobbyists had previously backed Turkey on the issue ? but changed tack in retaliation for Turkish condemnation of Israel's policies in the Gaza Strip, the Al-Quds Al-Arabi daily said in an editorial, according to Israel Radio reports.
Israel and Turkey are traditional allies but ties took a downturn in 2009 when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned Israel's offensive in Gaza, in which some 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed.
A crisis in diplomatic relations came to a head in January when when Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon publicly humiliated Turkey's ambassador in front of press cameras.
In his leading article, Al-Quds Al-Arabi editor Abd al-Bari Atwan curged Erdogan not to give in to the Jewish lobby's "extortion" tactics.
Erdogan on Thursday recalled Turkey's ambassador to Washington after the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted 23-22 to approve the non-binding resolution, clearing it for consideration by the full House. More
THE TURKISH GENERALS ARE STILL IN BED WITH MOSSAD?
THE JEWISH GENOCIDE OF ARMENIAN CHRISTIANS
By Christopher Jon Bjerknes
Enlarged Second Edition
Complete 575 page book is available
by clicking here for the free PDF file (3.8 MB)Rev. Bedros Hajian's second interview with Christopher Jon Bjerknes
Mark Dankof interviews Christopher Jon Bjerknes on RBN about Armenian Genocide
July 18, 2007
Hour 1 Hour 2 Hour 3
Rev. Bedros Hajian interviews Christopher Jon Bjerknes about the book
"The Jewish Genocide of Armenian Christians"
June 5, 2007
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June 18, 2007
Audio File of the Interview (6.5MB)
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