Saudi Daily: Israel behind Congress Bill Recognizing Armenian Genocide

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The Saudi Al-Rai daily claimed that Israel was behind Congress draft bill recognizing the Armenian genocide, and that its aim was to punish Turkey for drawing close to the Arabs and Iran and for condemning Israel’s attack on Gaza.

The daily added that the Turks’ treatment of the Armenians was no different from the treatment meted out by Western countries to the peoples they conquered during the colonialist era. The reopening of this historical issue, it said, would only sabotage the rapprochement between Turkey and Armenia.

Source: Al-Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), March 7, 2010