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US candidates must recognize Armenian genocide – opinion
It was not until 2019 that the House overwhelmingly (405-11) passed a resolution recognizing the genocide, rejecting the denial of the massacre, and calling for educating the public about genocide.
Sunday, April 24, was Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
- Shmuley Boteach
- The Jerusalem Post
It is hard to believe, but the United States refused to recognize Turkey’s mass murder of perhaps as many as 1.5 million Armenian Christians in 1915-1916.
Still, today some countries, including great democracies like the United Kingdom, Australia and Israel, as well as noted politicians and candidates for office in the United States, do not acknowledge that the Turks were guilty of one of the…