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When the Turks demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide and that Armenian lecturers not be allowed to participate
, the Israeli government followed suit, demanding the same of the then forthcoming First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide. This book follows the author's gutsy campaign against the Israeli government and his quest to successfully hold the conference in the face of censorship.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Preface
One is Either for Human Life or Not
Foreword
Who Really Lied? The Turks, Armenians, and Jews Revisited
Yair Auron
Introduction
Summary: The “Good Guys” (Israel) Turn Out to be the Bigger Liars
Chapter 1: The First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide in June 1982 in Tel Aviv Was a Milestone Event on Many Levels
Supplement 1: Program of Conference—How does One Summarize the Learning that Took Place at the First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide?
Supplement 2: Responses of Participants in the First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide
Supplement 3: Press and Other Public Responses to the First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide, June 1982
Supplement 4: “Their Holocaust,” Amos Elon, Haaretz, June 11, 1982
Chapter 2: The Conference Really Did Take Place and Very Meaningfully
Supplement: Letters Confronting Prime Minister Shimon Peres who Opposed the Conference, and in Later Years Continued Opposition to Recognizing the Armenian Genocide
Chapter 3: What was Elie Wiesel’s Real Position about the Armenians and about Addressing the Genocides of Many Non-Jewish Peoples Alongside the Holocaust?
Supplement: Gallery of Correspondence with Elie Wiesel
Chapter 4: Critique: How Should We Have Handled the Threats to Jewish Lives?
Chapter 5: Israel’s Tragically Immoral Denials of, and indifference to, the Genocides of Other Peoples
Chapter 6: Israel’s Denial-Concealment of the Cruelty, Genocidal Expulsions, and Massacres of Arabs in the Nonetheless Entirely Just War of Independence: A Striking Chapter of the Universal Challenge to All Peoples to Respect and Protect Life
Three Contemporary Updates: The Voices of a Distinguished Contemporary Turk, an Armenian, and a Jew
Chapter 7: A Contemporary Turk: Ragip Zarakolu—The Banality of Denial
Chapter 8: A Contemporary Armenian: Richard G. Hovannisian: The Armenian Genocide and Extreme Denial
Chapter 9: A Contemporary Jew: Michael Berenbaum—The Armenian Genocide, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and Israel
Chapter 10: Israel’s Continuing Denial of the Armenian Genocide
Raphael Ahren, “Why Israel Still Refuses to Recognize a Century-Old Genocide,” Times of Israel, April 24, 2015
Israel Charny with Yair Auron, “If Not Now, When Will Israel Recognize the Armenian Genocide?,” California Courier January 9, 2020
Supplementary Chapter 11: Marc I. Sherman: Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem—Highlights of the Story of the First Institute on Genocide in the World
Afterword
Standing Up for Truth and Justice against Excessive Power
Acknowledgments and Heartfelt Thanks
About the Author
Index
Ten Commandments for Sovereign Nations and Genocide Scholars
Samuel Totten
About the author
Israel W. Charny, Ph.D., is an American-Israeli psychologist who lives in the hills of Jerusalem. He was co-founder and then a president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. He was also the founder and first president of the Israel Family Therapy Association and later president of the International Family Therapy Association. For him, the process of genocide starts with “cultural genocide,” especially of dehumanization and attribution of evil intent and destructive power to the victim people. He has openly made a stand against all denials of genocide including the Holocaust and, in particular, the Armenian Genocide, for which he was honored by the Armenian Presidential Gold Medal. He has authored influential books on genocide, including the Encyclopedia of Genocide, Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review, and Fascism and Democracy in the Human Mind, each of which were elected “Outstanding Academic Book of the Year” by the American Library Association.
Summary
When the Turks demanded the cancellation of all lectures on the Armenian Genocide and the non-participation of Armenian lecturers, the Israeli government demanded the same of the First International Conference on the Holocaust and Genocide. This book follows the author's campaign against the Israeli government and his quest to hold the conference.
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“Charny,
one of the founders of the modern study of genocide and a strong fighter for
the Armenians against the denial of their genocide by the Turks, does many
things in this relatively short book [including] a denunciation of Israel’s
support of nations and leaders who have committed genocidal acts. This
brilliant book by a scholar and activist … tells a tale full of flame and fury
but with a wisdom accumulated over nearly a century of living the ethics that
he upholds—Charny is indefatigable, relentless and humanitarian.”
—Jack Nusan Porter,
The Jerusalem Post
