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Azerbaijan has launched a large-scale attack, using artillery and drones, on Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), the Artsakh Information Center announced in a statement.
“We ask and urge [the people of Artsakh] to stay in the shelters, refrain from posting videos and photos on the internet, following only the official news,” the statement added
There are multiple casualties and injuries among civilians including children. This was reported by HRD of Artsakh, Gegham Stepanyan.
“According to the data collected at this moment there are at least 2 causalities including one child and 11 injuries including 8 children caused by Azerbaijan’s attacks.
Residential houses are also targeted in Stepanakert by Azerbaijan”,- he wrote.
By Harut Sassounian,
Shortly after I wrote a column two weeks ago condemning European pro-Azerbaijan Rabbis for planning to hold their conference in Baku, I was pleasantly surprised to receive an email from 18 mostly Jewish prominent individuals, including eight righteous Rabbis, who condemned the trip to Azerbaijan and called for its cancellation.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis of the UK, the 18 signatories wrote: “We earnestly seek to initiate dialogue with you to appeal the decision of the Conference of European Rabbis and ensure that this conference does not go ahead in a country that is so opposed to the core values of Judaism and the teachings of the Torah.” The letter quoted Prof. James Russell of Harvard University who recently wrote: “It takes bullets to kill people, but indifference pulls the trigger.”
The letter described “the grave humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Artsakh” caused by Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor, the only route linking Artsakh to Armenia, thus risking the starvation of 120,000 Artsakh Armenians. The letter stated that Azerbaijan is a country “widely recognized for having one of the lowest rankings in the world for upholding political rights and civil liberties.”
This group of righteous Jews wrote: “We are saddened that this prominent organization that represents so many Jewish people across Europe is, by choosing to host their conference in Baku, supporting the Azeri government rather than standing up for human rights and living and breathing the lesson of the Shoah — ‘never again’. While we acknowledge and appreciate the freedom that Jews can enjoy in Azerbaijan, the fact that these same inalienable rights do not extend to other minorities and religions in the country give us cause to worry about how long Jews will be able to enjoy freedom in what is otherwise a totalitarian government in the Muslim world…. Despite numerous international appeals and the decision of the International Court of Justice, the authorities of Azerbaijan have callously ignored calls to lift the blockade, disregarding the agreement signed in November 2020 by Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia regarding unimpeded traffic through the Lachin Corridor.”
The letter was signed by: Tamar Fyne, Seda Ambartsumian, Josh Kirk, Benjamin Nahum, Rabbi Avidan Freedman (Director of Yanshoof), Prof. Israel Charny, Dr. Oded Steinberg, Rabbi David Rosen, James R. Russell (Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies, Emeritus, Harvard University), Scott Jason, Lernik Jason, Michael Stone, Rabbi Yehoshua Engelman, Rabbi Tyson Herberger (Associate Professor of Religion and Religious Education, University of South-Eastern Norway), Rabbi Shimon Brand, Rabbi Irving ‘Yitz’ Greenberg, Rabbi Chaim Seidler Feller and Rabbi Alana Suskin.”
In a separate statement issued jointly by Israel W. Charny and Rabbi Avidan Freedman was titled: “This Kosher certificate for Azerbaijan stinks.” They explained that the 50 European Rabbis, who had written to the leaders of Armenia complaining about Armenians using of the term genocide, “are being used by Azerbaijan to prove the government’s Kosher bonafides to the world, and to shut the world’s ears to the cries of the afflicted.”
Charny, the director of the Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide in Jerusalem, and Freedman, a Jerusalem-based educator and Orthodox rabbi, stated: We “say in the clearest terms possible that in our eyes, this rabbinic letter misrepresents the facts, misunderstands the fundamental moral significance of the Holocaust, and misses a major pillar of Jewish ethics.”
Charny and Freedman then enlightened the pro-Azeri Rabbis about the true meaning of the terms Holocaust and genocide: “In the Encyclopedia of Genocide, the word ‘holocaust’ was used to refer to the Armenian Holocaust in 1909, and even earlier in other contexts, and the word ‘genocide’ was coined in 1942 by a Polish Jewish lawyer, Raphael Lemkin, to describe the crime that had been committed against the Armenian people by Turkey, and that was then being committed by Germany against the Jews. The entry on the topic in the encyclopedia ends with the following conclusion: “the word (holocaust) belongs historically to all people’s suffering, and certainly that it not become a basis for excluding the suffering of any other people.”
Charny and Freedman described the pro-Azeri Rabbis “claim that any contemporary comparison of the suffering of people is a desecration of the holy memory of the Holocaust, and a belittling of the Jewish people’s suffering is itself an absurd desecration of Holocaust memory.”
Charny and Freedman explained that “What the European Rabbis letter does is to cynically weaponize the memory of the Holocaust in order to enable the infliction of mass suffering. After all, these rabbis do not deny that 120,000 residents of Artsakh are in danger of starvation because of the blockade imposed by Azerbaijan. They do not deny that Azerbaijan is using mass starvation as a tactic for political gain. But by silencing Armenian criticism of Azerbaijan’s actions, they are the ones who cynically use the ‘Holocaust card’ for political purposes.”
Charny and Freedman concluded their statement: “The decision of these rabbis to raise their voices on the side of the oppressor is a desecration of Holocaust memory and of Jewish values. In the spirit of this season of repentance, we call on the Conference of European rabbis, or at the very least, on individual rabbinic members of conscience, to have the moral courage to remember their rabbinic duty, and retract their decision.”
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. The Public Voice Party, which garnered 9,68% votes in the Yerevan elections and won seats in the City Council, has announced its willingness to cooperate and form a coalition with the National Progress Party and Mother Armenia bloc, which garnered 18,89% and 15,43% votes respectively.
The Public Voice Party said it has one condition for the cooperation – any cooperation with Civil Contract or the Republic (Hanrapetutyun) parties must be ruled out and it must be given control over the oversight departments at city hall.
Civil Contract garnered most votes -32,57%, while Hanrapetutyun garnered 11,32%. None of the parties was able to take over 50% of votes which means that they will most likely have to form coalitions to be able to install a mayor.
“We’d announced from the very beginning that we’d never under any circumstances cooperate or form a coalition with Civil Contract, neither with its satellite parties,” Public Voice Vice President Vahan Avagyan told ARMENPRESS. “Regarding future steps, our honorary chairman [Vardan Ghukasyan] has already announced in a live broadcast that he is ready to unite with the National Progress Party and Mother Armenia bloc, and he mentioned the conditions, which are the following, all oversight departments at City Hall must be controlled by the Public Voice Party. We are lending a hand with our conditions, we are not fighting for the mayor’s seat, our goal is to change the government not only in Yerevan but in Armenia,” Avagyan said. He ruled out cooperation with the Hanrapetutyun party.
He said they haven’t yet discussed the proposal with National Progress and Mother Armenia.
The September 17 Yerevan City Council election was marked by record-low voter turnout. Only 234,553 (28,46%) of the 824,250 eligible voters cast their ballots.
Vakhtang Siradeghyan
Nature (or God) has blessed the planet Earth with many species belonging to the feline family of mammals. From cuddly cats to fierce tigers and mighty lions.
The one we will talk about in this article is a real cat outside, but I strongly doubt that he is a tiger or a lion inside our country. Because a tiger or a lion is powerful by itself and not by being surrounded by tens or hundreds of bodyguards. One’s being a tiger and another’s being a lion is determined by the genetic system and their personal characteristics. The person who today represents Armenia abroad does not have the characteristics of either the first or the second of the mentioned animals. At one time, he used to put a cap on his head with “duh” in order to gain courage from it and at the same time to convince the naive people that he is exactly who he is. But it passed
Two years ago, if I am not mistaken, a certain political scientist who also provides knowledge to students said that it is better to be a Turk’s dog than a Russian agent. I will not name him because he is also a party figure, and for them, according to Winston Churchill, the only negative publicity is the news of death, because even the most serious negative news serves to increase their recognition. Back to the idea of preferring to be a Turk’s dog.
Naturally, this is absolutely unacceptable, but it is a revealing truth of the nature of the current government. At one time, the person who held on to the position of RA Prime Minister accused his predecessors of licking the shoes of the Russian, without realizing that very soon this phenomenon would be cemented to his name. True, in that case, not Russian shoes will serve as an object of licking, but Turkish “skins” of Western production.
By the way, unlike the Turks, the Russian side, even calling our country a Russian outpost, never demanded to lick its paws. And the Turks, speaking about Armenian interests, demand to treat both themselves and Azerbaijanis as slaves. A nation whose literate representatives once cried from poverty when interacting with Armenian experts. And the fact that the Turks had to act like that comes from the desire of some to be their dog. What is fixed today by the current government? After all, what does a dog do but lick its owner’s feet, or for that matter, its paws?
In general, any idea thrown out there can develop if it doesn’t die out immediately. The idea of shoe licking also had a similar development. two days ago it changed to “trying the tarmac and licking the curb”. Or forcing them to do those actions. And like the previous one, these two were aimed at Nicole’s opponents. What is surprising is not that vocabulary, but the fact that quite a long time had passed since the first expression, and the person clinging to the post of prime minister was not developing public self-expression. Which may indicate a lack of stagnation of mind, throwing his reputation. But he proved it’s too early to consign him to the archives in that regard. And, despite his opponents, he remained at his “height” again.
He was apparently surprised that he was being accused of using administrative resources to restore former customs. And answering that accusation, he spoke his historical short monologue. “Whoever came with an administrative resource, please go. Because it is a dishonor for us. Coming and bringing with an administrative resource is disrespectful to both the person coming and the bringer. We will not submit to that disgrace.”
Of course, he was not attentive enough to notice, or he had no information, that people were brought to Yerevan by buses, even in this case non-voters were brought. And people had to stay until the end in order to return to their homes and neighborhoods with them. But it was not, of course, a significant omission, what was important was the spirit of his speech. I think that a similar phenomenon (emotionally and substantively) can be recorded in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
Before the 44-day war and the shameful defeat under Nikol’s “chief command”, the idea of establishing a museum of the revolution was circulated. Still in the euphoria of the seizure of power, they tried to connect it with the nonsense called Citizen’s Day. Anyway, it passed, but I think that the museum should definitely be created. This will happen, naturally, after removing the “velvet, non-violent, and peaceful” revolutionaries from power. That museum should show schoolchildren what a bad thing the phenomenon called revolution is. Above the entrance of the museum should be written the phrase “We are neither Russian agents nor Turkish dogs”. Another room of the museum should depict the Armenian disgrace, the open-air museum of post-war Baku. It must be done so that our generations never repeat it.
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At 20:00 local time, voting in the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan (the capital’s representative body) ended.
The polling stations are now closing and the counting of votes begins. In an hour, the Central Electoral Commission will report final data on voter turnout, which was at a record low throughout the day. As of 17:00, only 21.36% of voters had voted in the capital. Low voter turnout will speed up the counting process, with the first preliminary election results likely to be released around 23:00.
13 political parties and 1 alliance are fighting for 65 seats in the capital’s representative body.
15 minutes before the end of the election in the 9/58 and 9/59 election precincts located in the Writers’ Union building at 3 Baghramyan Street in the Kentron electoral district, a “miracle” surprised the members of the two polling station commissions.
The voter who was registered in polling station 9/59 and made his choice in the voting booth had reached the polling station 9/58 on the same floor, but at the other end, with an envelope with a ballot paper, and was going to drop the envelope into the ballot box there. Realizing the situation at the last moment, the committee members escorted the confused voter to the “mother” polling station.
We tried to understand from Samvel Nersisyan, the chairman of the 9/59 polling station commission, who was also surprised, how this confusion could have happened. “The voter asked where the ballot box is, the committee member pointed to the box, but the voter misunderstood the direction and reached the next polling station.”
as of 19:45, 602 people participated out of 2,060 registered voters in the 9/59 electoral precinct. 524 people voted out of 1,918 registered voters in the 9/58 polling station.
Low voter turnout wasn’t even swayed by Star Wars’ little wiseguy Yoda.
Source: https://hetq.am/hy/article/160138?utm_content=buffer470a5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Էրեբունի վարչական շրջանի թիվ 10/17 ընտրատեղամասում ընտրողների ներկայությամբ հանձնաժողովի անդամները «քվեարկության» են դրել ուտելիքի հարցը. «Քյաբաբ, շաուրմա, պիցցա, ի՞նչ եք ուզում ուտել»,- հայտարարեց հանձնաժողովի նախագահը։ Որոշվեց, որ պատվիրում են շաուրմա՝ առանց սոխ ու կծու։ Ցուցակագրողը՝ հանձնաժողովի քարտուղար Ջուլիետա Պետրոսյանը, բարձրաձայն հայտարարեց՝ «բոլորիդ խոզ եմ գրում»։
Էրեբունի վարչական շրջանում ընտրողները չեն շտապում ընտրատեղամասեր։ Հանձնաժողովի անդամները դրսից եկողներից հետաքրքրվում են, թե ինչ վիճակ է այլ տեղամասերում։ Ժպտում են, երբ իմանում են, որ այլ տեղամասերում նույն վիճակն է։
Թիվ 10/17 ընտրատեղամասի ցուցակներով՝ ընտրելու իրավունք ունի 1810 ընտրող։ Ժամը 12:40-ի դրությամբ ընտրությանը մասնակցել էր նրանցից 176-ը։ Նույն պասիվ վիճակը նաև թիվ 10/16 ընտրատեղամասում է։
Ընտրողն այստեղ ներս մտավ և անհանգիստ հայացքով հանձնաժողովի անդամի էր փնտրում։ Ձեռքին հեռախոս կար, որի միջոցով ստացած հաղորդագրությունը ցույց էր տալիս տարածքում գտնվողներին։
«SMS եմ ստացել, ասում ա՝ իմ ընտրությունը սխալ ա։ Ես նորմալ ընտրել եմ, սխալ չեմ արել»,- անհանգստացած էր կենսաթոշակային տարիքի ընտրողը։ Պարզվեց, որ նա սխալ կոճակ է սեղմել հեռախոսի վրա և հաղորդագրություն ստացել, ինչը կապ չուներ Երևանի ավագանու ընտրությունների հետ։ Դրանից րոպեներ առաջ էլ ընտրողը փնտրում էր «սեպտեմբերի 17»-ի քվեաթերթիկ։ Նրան թվում էր, որ հանձնաժողովի անդամների սեղանին օրերի թվով են քվեաթերթիկները դնում։
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Turkey’s Erdogan may have encountered failures in their attempts to invade Mosul, Egypt, and Syria. Their only successful endeavor appears to be in Armenia, where they are striving to maintain control under an Armenian Dictator Pashinyan who came to power with the Help of Turkey,
Pashinyan popularity is declining so Erdogan is very concerned,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Saturday he proposed the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to hold a quadrilateral meeting on [Artsakh] Karabakh, RIA Novosti reports.
“We made a proposal to hold a trilateral meeting, even quadrilateral, on the situation in Karabakh with my participation and with Putin, Aliyev, and Pashinyan,” Erdogan said at a briefing before flying to the United States for the UN General Assembly.
Erdogan noted that he intends to discuss the meeting with Aliyev, although there has not yet been a response to Ankara’s proposal.
by the parking lot employee. A group of Jerusalemite Armenians were peacefully protesting tonight the illegal leasing of the land, which constitutes about 25% of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem. The parking guard, employed by George Warwar, the director of XANA Capital, threatened to run over the peaceful protestors with his vehicle and even asked for “the head” of a young Armenian man. Furthermore, he went inside his office and grabbed a fire extinguisher, threatening to douse innocent civilians, including children and mothers, putting them at risk of bodily harm. The situation escalated even further when he threatened to bring a mob to attack the peaceful gathering. The Israeli police were then called to the scene and dispersed the ensuing chaos.