The recognition of genocide of the Armenian Christians in the Ottoman Empire and the support of Kurds are more important than friendship with Erdogan, wrote an Israeli journalist Annika Hernrot – Rothstein, in the Jerusalem Post. The article of Annika Hernrot – Rothstein says:

“‘The Armenian Genocide never happened, and anyone who claims it is an enemy of Turkey.’ That’s what he said, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the eve of the anniversary of the 1915 Armenian genocide.’ On the same day, Swedish Channel 4 received an email addressed to its news desk from Arif Gülen, writing on the behalf of the Turkish Embassy in Sweden. Gülen asked the channel to “seriously rethink” airing its upcoming documentary Seyfo 1915 – The Assyrian Genocide, and ended his plea by offering to educate the staff at Channel 4 about the “events of 1915.”

The article reminds that there are about 2 thousand cases on insulting the President Erdogan in the courts of Turkey. Recently, the police arrested a Dutch journalist, who made censorious remarks on Twitter about Erdogan. There is no doubt that the Turkish government seriously wants to attack the international media that dares to criticize his regime. All these is happening against the background of constant military actions against Kurds in Turkey. Erdogan and his party deny it, as they deny the Armenian Genocide . At the same time , the diplomatic relations of Israel and Turkey's, according to the rumors , are on the mend . After Israel had undertook rescue operations aimed at overcoming damages which the terrorist attacks caused, the backstage talks came to the spotlight. And recently Turkey and Israel concluded an agreement on the construction of an independent port off the coast of Gaza. Israeli officials made several trips to Turkey, rather openly, which was hard to think about after the flotilla crisis in 2010.

Annika Hernrot – Rothstein asserts  that Israel needs to think twice before becoming friends with such as Erdogan . The genocide of 1915 took the lives of 1.5 million Armenians , Yezidis , Kurds, Syrians, and Greeks . Those murders were carried out cruelly on purpose. Those events remind of the Nazi Holocaust and what the Islamic State is now doing in the Middle East .

 “I know that Israel stands for truth, honor and light in an otherwise dark region I expect that to be reflected in its foreign policy. Whatever short-term gains could come from not speaking truth to Erdogan’s power will surely be counteracted by the long-term harm of warming up relations that are better kept deep-frozen,” she concludes.