Arab members of Israel's parliament voted against the adoption of the resolution on the so-called "Armenian genocide", Knesset member from the Arab bloc - the National Democratic Union Hanin Zoabi said.
"Arab MPs will unanimously oppose the adoption of this document [on the Armenian genocide]," Zoabi told Trend over phone.
The Committee on Foreign Relations and Defense of Knesset intends to put on the agenda the document on the recognition of the "Armenian genocide" in the Israeli parliament. It was submitted to the parliament in late April at the initiative of the Left parties.
"Genocide" will be discussed amid a strong crisis in relations between Turkey and Israel, intensified after the Israeli navy attack on the Turkish humanitarian ship, moving as a part of the "Freedom Flotilla" to the Mediterranean Sea. Eight Turkish citizens and one U.S. citizen were injured.
Zoabi thinks that the question of "genocide" must not be discussed in the Israeli Parliament. It relates only to Turkey and must be investigated by historians.
Knesset MP, who took part in the action of "Flotilla", thinks that Israel wants to distract attention of the world community from recent events around the "Freedom Flotilla", putting the issue of "genocide" for discussion.
"Instead of discussing the genocide, Israel should investigate the murder of civilians. If the genocide is brought up for discussion, all the Arab MPs will oppose the adoption of the document," Zoabi said.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey - Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians living in Anadolu. The Armenians, willing the recognition of this fact in the world, achieved recognition of the "Armenian genocide" by the parliaments of some countrues, by strengthening the propaganda of the so-called "genocide" in the world countries.
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