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UN Sends a Stunning Letter Questioning Turkey on the Armenian Genocide

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June 25, 2019 BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN http://www.thecaliforniacourier.com/un-sends-a-stunning-letter-questioning-turkey-on-the-armenian-genocide/ Twenty-nine years ago the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities adopted a report acknowledging the Armenian Genocide as a case of genocide. Until recently, there has been no other activity at the UN on this issue. Unexpectedly, on March 25, a surprising letter

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Some Orthodox Jews Protest Israel’s Arms Exports to Regimes That Commit Genocide

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Haaretz English Edition has published an account of a 40-year old orthodox mother of six children who regularly confronts Israeli officials about the immorality of arms sales. Esther Merchavy defiantly asked the former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, “Why does Israel send arms to a country known for its human rights abuses against the Rohingya. Merchavy

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Azerbaijan Destroys a Major Armenian Cultural Monument that was to be Considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Djulfa is a site in Azerbaijan which boasted the world’s largest collection of exquisitely carved medieval cross-stones as remnants of the areas once-thriving community of Armenian Christians.  The site had stood for centuries.  In December 2005, Azeri soldiers armed with sledgehammers, dump trucks and cranes destroyed the site, pounding the medieval headstones into rubble and

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Proposal for California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Fails to Include Both Armenians and Jews

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Neither the Armenian Genocide nor the Holocaust were included in a recent draft proposal of the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum.  Needless to say, a wide range of protests have reached the state including a partnering of Armenian, Greek, and Jewish organizations. Source: This article was read in the California Courier: Taub, David (August 22

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