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Titolo: JEWISH LOBBY ' s DENIAL : ERDOGAN ASKED JEWISH LOBBY IN U.S. TO ASSIST IN DENYING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan being on visit in New
York has addressed Jewish organizations a request to assist «to resist
to statements of the Armenian Genocide.» The Premier met with
representatives of a range of Jewish American organizations with the
purpose. In the course of the meeting Erdogan asked the Jewish lobby to
support Turkey's position during the Congress discussion of two
Armenian Genocide Resolutions. «We have always supported and will
support Ankara position,» representatives of the Jewish organizations
stated, reported Trend agency.
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THE TURKISH - ISRAELI ALLIANCE AND GENOCIDE DENIAL
It is a sad and painful truth that, as a consequence of the expanding
alliance between Turkey and Israel, the Jewish American lobby is now
also a Turkish lobby, and has declared war on Armenians.
The story begins in 1949. Turkey became the first Muslim state to
recognize Israel, though relations in the years following were not
always warm. The two states established full diplomatic relations in
1991, however, and by 1996 were in open embrace after signing a
Military & Training Cooperation Agreement and a Free Trade Agreement.
Actually, the romance had budded even a bit earlier, but behind closed
doors.
For example, after a stint at the Pentagon under Pres. Reagan,
prominent Jewish American Richard Perle became a paid ($231,000)
lobbyist for Turkey and, working alongside Israel, reportedly quashed a
Senate resolution in 1989 on the Armenian Genocide. Perle now chairs
the Pentagon's influential Defense Policy Board.
Just last year, the director of the American Jewish Committee, Barry
Jacobs, bragged, "We will champion to the best of our ability Turkish
interests in the US Congress."
But why would Turkey and Israel, a nation hated by many Muslims,
including Turks, become allies?
Common Enemies
What Turkey and Israel (along with the US) have most in common is a
trio of enemies: Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Though they share the Muslim
faith, Turks look down upon Arabs and still resent their revolt against
the Turkish Empire in World War I. In turn, Syria and Iraq, like most
Arab countries, detest Turkey's superiority complex and its
partnerships, such as NATO, with the generally pro-Israeli West.
Turkey has angered Syria and Iraq by limiting the flow of water from
the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. Likewise, Syria had infuriated Turkey
by hosting the anti-Turkish fighters of the Kurdish PKK up until 1998.
Additionally, Syrians have long regarded Turkey's Hatay province
(Alexandretta) as being rightfully theirs, while Turks have never fully
relinquished claims on the oil-rich Mosul region of northern Iraq.
Iran - Persia - has clashed with Turks for nearly a thousand years, and
the two compete for influence among Muslims in the ex-Soviet states of
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and
Tajikistan. Tehran and Ankara also suspect the other is encouraging
separatist movements: Azeris in Iran, and Kurds in Turkey.
But the reasons for the alliance don't stop there.
More Reasons
Israel earns billions when it upgrades Turkish weapons, such as F-4
jets, and when Turkey purchases Israeli weapons, such as Popeye
air-to-surface missiles and, possibly, the partly American-funded
Homa/Arrow anti-ballistic missile system. Whereas Western countries
sometimes hesitate to sell Turkey weapons due to human rights concerns,
Israeli analyst Efrain Inbar says his country "is not as scrupulous as
most nations in the world in this area [selling weapons]".
The two countries trade intelligence data on common adversaries and,
almost certainly, on Cyprus, Greece, and even Armenians. Israel
reportedly flies spy planes and has electronic listening posts along
Turkey's southern border.
Israeli Air Force pilots drill Turkish counterparts in combat
techniques, and, in return, get to hone their own skills in Turkey's
expansive airspace. Together with the US, Turkey and Israel conduct
naval maneuvers each January dubbed "Reliant Mermaid". Some experts
even speculate that Israel could provide Turkey with a "nuclear
umbrella"
Water-poor Israel has also been negotiating with water-rich Turkey to
have that vital commodity shipped to Israel by tankers.
Periphery Strategy
The present strategy of Ankara (and the US State Department) to
penetrate the Muslim/Turkic nations of the former USSR such as
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan - all of which are sitting on
oil and gas reserves - fits Tel Aviv's own ambitions.
As part of its long-standing "Periphery" strategy, Israel seeks friends
among distant non-Arab Muslim nations in order to counter nearby Arab
Muslim hostility. In the last decade, Israel has established
relationships, especially in the field of agriculture, with all six
ex-Soviet Muslim countries.
Israel also hopes to see oil and gas exported from the Caspian Basin,
not just for itself but also to lessen the West's dependence on Arab
oil and thus reduce Arab leverage against the West. Hence, Israel
supports the proposed oil pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey.
Jewish Lobby
The Turkish-Israeli deal included an extra provision: the powerful
Jewish American lobby - the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,
the American Jewish Committee and several other organizations - would
toil on Turkey's behalf, particularly in countering the Armenian and
Greek lobbies.
Though the average American - Jewish or otherwise - is unaware of that
provision, experts openly acknowledge it. Even five years ago, for
instance, Joseph Leitmann-Santa Cruz and Cagri Erdem - respectively
Jewish and Turkish analysts - were trumpeting that "the influential
Jewish lobby" could help Ankara "improve its image, diminish the
accusations of Armenian and Greek lobbying groups, and improve its
economic and defense cooperation with the US."
Indeed, in October of 2000, Jewish organizations and former Israeli
prime minister Shimon Peres helped the State Department kill an
Armenian Genocide resolution in the House of Representatives. "The
Jewish lobby," reported Turkey's Sabah newspaper, "threw all its weight
into the job ... and very openly at that."
In 2001, a major Jewish organization in Maryland tried to stop the
state from passing an Armenian Genocide resolution. Legislator Cheryl
Kagan, who also happens to sit on the board of the American Jewish
Committee, termed the Genocide "an alleged massacre" and compared the
bill to one designating "the official state cat". Fortunately, the
resolution passed anyway.
Partly as an outgrowth of the Israel-Turkey relationship, the Jewish
lobby labored for years against Armenian Americans to repeal
Congressional sanctions, known as "Section 907", on Azerbaijan.
Finally, in the wake of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration,
helped along by the Jewish lobby, succeeded in repealing the sanctions.
Around that same time, nine leading Jewish American organizations
formally asked Pres. Bush to provide Turkey "debt forgiveness, trade
concessions, and/or further [loan] relief".
In Los Angeles, the taxpayer-funded Jewish "Museum of Tolerance",
apparently bowing to Turkish and Israeli desires, has broken its pledge
to include an Armenian Genocide exhibit.
Meanwhile, Tel Aviv, like Washington, keeps Turkey happy by employing
euphemisms such as Armenian "tragedy" rather than "genocide".
Though it is hypocritical of Jewish leaders to conspire with Turkey in
covering up the Genocide, it cannot be said that Israel or Jews are
somehow uniquely pro-Turkish. After all, the governments and power
structures of the "Christian" West and elsewhere have long supported
Turkey and been largely indifferent to Armenian interests.
Nevertheless, American Jewish clout in government, media, academia, and
commerce provides Turkey with new and powerful allies.
For example, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, Pres. Bush's
chief foreign policy strategist, is fervently pro-Turkish. Noted Jewish
political analyst Dr. Daniel Pipes acknowledges that "to make its
case," Turkey "counts on American Jews such as" Defense Undersecretary
Douglas Feith, Defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle, and Prof.
Bernard Lewis (a Genocide denier and Bush advisor), as well as on
Jewish "institutions".
In an intriguing press release issued by his office in January, Rep.
Frank Pallone (D-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Armenian Caucus and
a good friend of Armenians, stated that improved "Armenian/Israeli
relations" are important to the Bush administration. He suggested that
Armenia follow Turkey's example of establishing close links to Israel.
That far-away Tel Aviv plays a central role in Washington's policy
toward Armenia speaks volumes.

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PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan being on visit in New
York has addressed Jewish organizations a request to assist «to resist
to statements of the Armenian Genocide.» The Premier met with
representatives of a range of Jewish American organizations with the
purpose. In the course of the meeting Erdogan asked the Jewish lobby to
support Turkey's position during the Congress discussion of two
Armenian Genocide Resolutions. «We have always supported and will
support Ankara position,» representatives of the Jewish organizations
stated, reported Trend agency.
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