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Israel Charny Looks Back on the Momentous Conference That Almost Wasn’t
by Alin Gregorian, Editor, Armenian Spectator-Mirror (Boston), April 20, 2021
https://mirrorspectator.com/2021/04/20/israel-charny-looks-back-on-the-momentous-conference-that-almost-wasnt/

Prof. Israel Charny, a longtime champion of recognition of the Armenian Genocide, is looking back at the uphill battle he has waged in his country for the recognition of that genocide, the cost to him personally and professionally, and why he keeps on doing what he does.

The book details the efforts by the Israeli government to thwart the first International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, organized by Charny, in 1982. The conference was notable for including for the first-time scholars presenting papers on the Armenian Genocide in a conference on the Holocaust… read more

Book Review: Israel’s Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide
by Alin Gregorian, Editor, Armenian Spectator-Mirror (Boston), April 20, 2021
https://mirrorspectator.com/2021/04/20/book-review-israels-failed-response-to-the-armenian-genocide/

The new book by Prof. Israel Charny, Israel’s Failed Response to the Armenian Genocide: Denial, State Deception, Truth Versus Politicization of History, is a brave effort taking on wrong doing in one’s own backyard, among one’s own people, who for a variety of reasons, thwarted — or tried to thwart —justice.

Charny has succeeded in presenting the background of a major conference that was almost derailed but went on thanks to the moral backbone of several actors. It is an important addition to the study of the Armenian Genocide and genocides in general, showing how good people can make very bad decisions. It is also important in offering an insider’s view of how the Israeli government regards the Armenian issue…read more