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Russia livid over Israeli bill to recognize Ukrainian genocide
Arutz Sheva ^ | 7/2/18 | Mordechai Sones

Posted on 02/07/2018 4:29:09 PM PST by Eleutheria5

Russia reacted seriously to yesterday's Knesset bill to recognize the Ukrainian genocide in the 1930's advanced by Druze MK Akram Hasson (Kulanu) and marking 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 said: "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 the support not only of the United States; Israel needs the support of many other countries, who think in a different way."

The Ukrainian wholesale murder in the 1930s perpetrated by Stalin is an upsetting 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.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: collectivization; famine; genocide; holodomor; israel; poland; putinsbuttboys; russia; ukraine
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1 posted on 02/07/2018 4:29:10 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

I really don’t know why Russia today should feel defensive about what Stalin and the Soviet Union did in the 1930s. It happened. It was bad. Just admit it and try not to do it again. How hard is that?


2 posted on 02/07/2018 4:32:48 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The revolution will not be televised (at least, not by CNN).)
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To: Eleutheria5

Given the long and colorful history of love and brotherhood between Jews and Ukranians, this is quite surprising, and I hope appreciated by Ukranians.


3 posted on 02/07/2018 4:33:56 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: Eleutheria5

Ummmm... I think those were mostly NOT JEWS. And that they believe themselves to have been GENOCIDED BY JEWS which did have something to do with the Nazis using such harsh tactics against them.


4 posted on 02/07/2018 4:34:45 PM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it is but it do.)
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To: Eleutheria5
Walter Duranty is unavailable for comment....
5 posted on 02/07/2018 4:35:30 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Obama & Hillary: The Two Most Corrupt Politicians of My Lifetime.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“I really don’t know why Russia today should feel defensive about what Stalin and the Soviet Union did in the 1930s. It happened. It was bad. Just admit it and try not to do it again. How hard is that?”

It’s Europe. Grudges for injustices, real or perceived, are routinely held for 500-1000 years.


6 posted on 02/07/2018 4:35:52 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: Eleutheria5

They can join the club of Turkey denying the Armenian genocide and the Japanese atrocities in China, etc. that they’d removed from their schools history books.


7 posted on 02/07/2018 4:36:19 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Eleutheria5
The Soviets murdered at 25 million of their own people. And those are only the ones that we know about. What's the problem with admitting facts?
8 posted on 02/07/2018 4:36:21 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Eleutheria5

What famine? Both the New York Times and Eleanor Roosevelt visited at the time and reported there was no famine.


9 posted on 02/07/2018 4:37:17 PM PST by samtheman (We dont need no stinking summaries. Release unedited FISA documents.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Did you forget to close your sarcasm tag? Just checking.


10 posted on 02/07/2018 4:38:14 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“Walter Duranty is unavailable for comment....“

You mean, the Pulitzer-prize winnning journalist? :(


11 posted on 02/07/2018 4:38:41 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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The Russians invaded homes and removed all food from Ukrainians. Russian soldiers shot children who were found in wheat fields. Piss on Putin if he isn’t man enough to admit the atrocities of Stalin.


12 posted on 02/07/2018 4:39:57 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: FreedomPoster

“Did you forget to close your sarcasm tag? Just checking.“

I was absolutely certain that no tags were needed.


13 posted on 02/07/2018 4:40:03 PM PST by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day")
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To: SkyDancer

Maybe Japan can express regret for the Ukrainian Famine and Russia for the Rape of Nanking. Sort of like humanitarian carbon offset credits.


14 posted on 02/07/2018 4:42:54 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Eleutheria5

Someone needs to tell Putin that Russia is incapable of intimidating Israel.


15 posted on 02/07/2018 4:45:18 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yup.

And it was almost 100 years ago.

Time for the Turks to fess up about the Armenian genocide.


16 posted on 02/07/2018 4:45:44 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Eleutheria5

I think Jews know a bit about genocide.


17 posted on 02/07/2018 4:45:44 PM PST by onedoug
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Any situation where one country is giving the other “apologize” ulitmatums is a problem. Jews now want to blame Poland for the ‘holocaust’. Seems Ukraine is next. Both countries do contain significant right wing elements. Suddenly seems to be attached to the demand that they let the immigrants in or die.


18 posted on 02/07/2018 4:46:36 PM PST by ichabod1 (People don't want to believe it be what it is but it do.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

> It’s Europe. Grudges for injustices, real or perceived, are routinely held for 500-1000 years. <

You’ve got that right. I’m of Hungarian descent. And don’t get my older relatives started about the Romanians. The list of grievances you’ll hear!


19 posted on 02/07/2018 4:47:18 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

Some of our resident autistics on FR are intellectually incapable of grasping the nuances of sarcasm.

I imagine you’re about to get to know some of them.

(-:


20 posted on 02/07/2018 4:47:29 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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