In an interview with the Zoryan Institute, Dr. Yair Auron an Israeli historian and board member of the Institute, discusses the upcoming July 5th Knesset vote to recognize the 1915 massacres of the Armenian people by the Ottoman Turks as “genocide”. In the interview, Dr. Auron states, “the Knesset must give a clear message that Israel’s relations cannot be held hostage to Turkey’s denial of incontestable historical facts, especially after Germany’s recent admittance of its complicity as an ally of Ottoman Turkey.”
Yair Auron is an Israeli historian, scholar and expert specializing on Holocaust and genocide studies, racism and contemporary Jewry. He is a board member of The Zoryan Institute of USA & Canada.
