Among the signatories, I found, to my amazement and sorrow the name of Ronny Reich. One thinks, he might tell them who obliterated the vestiges of the Jewish heritage at Mamilla Pool. Here again, the Jews are not unique. They massacred thousands of their peaceful Azeri neighbours in the 1990s, and caused the uprooting of 800,000 native non-Armenians. It s time to recognize all world s horrors , Margolis concludes.
Censored history creates a distorted picture of reality.
Recognition of past is a necessary step on the way to sanity. The Germans and the Japanese have recognized the crimes of their fathers, have came to grips with their moral failings and have emerged as humbler, less boastful folks, akin to the rest of human race. We Jews have so far failed to exorcise the haughty spirit of Chosenness, and found ourselves in a dire predicament. That is why the idea of supremacy is still with us, still calling for genocide. Slowly this dream is becoming a reality.