Post by Daniel on Feb 7, 2018 10:53:47 GMT -5
Russia livid over Israeli bill to recognize Ukrainian genocide
Mordechai Sones, 07/02/18
Russia took seriously yesterday's bill to recognize the Ukrainian genocide in the 1930's advanced by Druze MK Akram Hasson (Kulanu) to mark the Holodomor ("to kill by starvation"), the mass famine in Ukraine between 1932-3 in which millions were killed. The Russian Embassy reacted by saying the bill "sadly distorts history".
Meanwhile, the Russians are applying additional pressure on the media. Yesterday, Russian Deputy Ambassador to Israel Leonid Frolov spoke with Galei Tzahal's Michael Hauser Tov. Frolov was asked whether this law intensifies sensitivities while security coordination between Jerusalem and Moscow regarding Iran and Syria is at its peak. Frolov says "This is not a good time to discuss such a proposal. This is a very important time for all the world and now, when Mr. Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital, Israel needs support not only of the United States; Israel need support of many other countries, who think in a different way."
The Ukrainian genocide in the 1930s perpetrated by Stalin is an irritating issue for the Russians. According to Hasson's proposal, the State of Israel will officially recognize the Ukrainian genocide, and even hold a memorial day and ceremony on the subject.
Russia claims it was natural disaster that caused the terrible hunger, and not, as they say in Ukraine, a deliberate action of the Soviet Union against them. Moscow over the years has exerted heavy pressure on many countries, including Israel, not to recognize the genocide.
However, the new bill states that "there is no reason why the Knesset should not recognize it as such," and that "this is the most serious humanitarian disaster other than the Holocaust."
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www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241664
Mordechai Sones, 07/02/18
Russia took seriously yesterday's bill to recognize the Ukrainian genocide in the 1930's advanced by Druze MK Akram Hasson (Kulanu) to mark the Holodomor ("to kill by starvation"), the mass famine in Ukraine between 1932-3 in which millions were killed. The Russian Embassy reacted by saying the bill "sadly distorts history".
Meanwhile, the Russians are applying additional pressure on the media. Yesterday, Russian Deputy Ambassador to Israel Leonid Frolov spoke with Galei Tzahal's Michael Hauser Tov. Frolov was asked whether this law intensifies sensitivities while security coordination between Jerusalem and Moscow regarding Iran and Syria is at its peak. Frolov says "This is not a good time to discuss such a proposal. This is a very important time for all the world and now, when Mr. Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital, Israel needs support not only of the United States; Israel need support of many other countries, who think in a different way."
The Ukrainian genocide in the 1930s perpetrated by Stalin is an irritating issue for the Russians. According to Hasson's proposal, the State of Israel will officially recognize the Ukrainian genocide, and even hold a memorial day and ceremony on the subject.
Russia claims it was natural disaster that caused the terrible hunger, and not, as they say in Ukraine, a deliberate action of the Soviet Union against them. Moscow over the years has exerted heavy pressure on many countries, including Israel, not to recognize the genocide.
However, the new bill states that "there is no reason why the Knesset should not recognize it as such," and that "this is the most serious humanitarian disaster other than the Holocaust."
more
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/241664
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