Update: Andrew Tarsy, the New England regional director of the ADL who was fired for recognizing the Armenian genocide, has been rehired.
The action of the citizens of Watertown has had a tremendous ripple effect. After releasing a statement refusing to recognize the Armenian genocide and firing its New England director, the national director of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Foxman, released a statement today in which he recognizes the Armenian genocide. Here is what he has to say:
On reflection, we have come to share the view of Henry Morgenthau, Sr., that the consequences of those actions [when Ottoman Turks slaughtered up to 1.5 million Armenians in 1915] were indeed tantamount to genocide. If the word genocide had existed then, they would have called it genocide.
Foxman said that he spoke with Elie Wiesel about the matter. However, Foxman said that the ADL still won't back a Congressional resolution that recognizes the Armenian genocide as a genocide, so the controversy isn't over.
Out of curiosity, will Andrew Tarsy get his job back?
Related: ADL's Regional Director Says ADL Should Acknowledge Armenian Genocide; ADL Fires Him, Watertown Pulls Out of No Place for Hate Program, H2oTown in general.
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