| Contact the Israeli Foreign Ministry and other Israeli government offices to voice your concerns about the Foreign Minister's offensive comments.
1) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mail: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Hakirya, Romema
Jerusalem 91950
Israel
Tel: 972-2-5303111
Fax: 972-2-5303367
E-Mail: sar@mofa.gov.il
2) The Knesset
Mail: The Knesset
Kiryat Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem 91950
Tel: 972-2-6753333
Fax: 972-2-6521599
Email: yor@knesset.gov.il
3) Ministry of Education
Mail: Ministry of Education
34 Shivtei Israel St.
P.O.B. 292
Jerusalem 91911
Tel: 972-2-5602222
Fax: 972-2-5602223
Email: pniot@education.gov.il
Email: sar@education.gov.il
4) Prime Minister's Office
Mail: Prime Minister's Office
3 Kaplan St.
P.O.B. 187
Kiryat Ben-Gurion
Jerusalem 91919
Tel: 972-2-6705555
Fax: 972-2-6512631
Email: rohm@pmo.gov.il
Email: mailto:pniot@pmo.gov.il
NOTE: To send an email to all of the above, cut and paste the following addresses into the "TO:" field of your email program:
sar@mofa.gov.il,yor@knesset.gov.il,pniot@education.gov.il,sar@education.gov.il,rohm@pmo.gov.il,pniot@pmo.gov.il
Sample letter:
Dear Sir:
I am writing to protest the offensive comments that have been attributed to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, Mr.Shimon Peres, during his last visit to Ankara.
I refer specifically to his remarks that Armenian allegations of Genocide are 'meaningless' and that there is no similarity between the Holocaust and fate of the Armenian during the first World War.
These statements were attributed to Mr. Peres during an exclusive interview with the Anatolia News Agency, portions of which were quoted by the Turkish Daily News on April 10th. According to these reports, Mr. Peres clearly denied that what occurred to the Armenians was a Genocide. He then went on to reject any sort of comparison with the Jewish Holocaust by saying: "We reject attempts to create a similarity between the Holocaust and the Armenian allegations. Nothing similar to the Holocaust occurred. It is a tragedy what the Armenians went through but not a genocide."
I find it shameful that the Foreign Minister of Israel has joined in the denial of the Armenian Genocide. That such offensive remarks could be made by an Israeli Foreign Minister is all the more troubling given that it was the failure of the international community to punish the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide that helped in part to create the environment of impunity that in which Nazi Germany perpetrated the Holocaust. As you know, prior to launching his campaign to destroy the Jewish people, Hitler asked: "After all who remembers the Armenians."
It is regretful that the Israeli government has fallen short of its moral obligation regarding the first Genocide of the 20th Century. I am aware, however, that the stance of the Israeli Foreign Ministry does not represent the Jewish nation, which has historically stood with the Armenian people in fighting Genocide denial. Evidence of this can be found in the powerful statements affirming the Armenian Genocide by leading Israeli political figures, including former Minister of Education Yossi Sarid and former Deputy Foreign Minister Yossi Beilin.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Israeli government and the Kenesset should take this opportunity to immediately set the record straight on the Armenian Genocide. Political consideration should never stand in the way of the condemnation of any Genocide, past or present.
Thank you for taking the time to address this matter and for contacting me in writing with the actions you have taken. I can be reached by e-mail at __________. My mailing address is ___________.
Sincerely,
___________________
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