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Vahan Dilanyan, Ph.D. in political sciences has written in his The Jerusalem Post block about the condemnation of the Armenian Genocide and the goals of the Armenian nation.

In the article “I am the grandson of a Genocide survivor and I have a dream”  Dilanyan speaks about his roots in West Armenia. He also told about the Turkish massacres which terminated the peaceful work of his ancestors, who were forced to leave their homes.

He speaks of his grandfather’s father who had twice survived from massacres, once in 1909 April in Aghdam and second time in 1915 in Constantinople. His grandmother’s mother was from Kharpert. Her father with his brothers possessed a factory of silk production, which had a great reputation not only in the Ottoman Turkey, but also in the European markets.

“While she had a tattoo on her hand, “Armenian” so that she would not forget about her roots when she is older, I was born with a “tattoo” on my heart carrying the pain of my ancestors. The mass slaughter of over one and half million Armenians was something beyond human imagination,” the author writes. He added that shamefully, the political and economic interests of the international community transcended morality, never condemning Turkey for the Armenian genocide to prevent other similar crimes against humanity.

According to the author this has led to the Nazi leader Hitler saying, “who, after all, speaks today of the annihilation of the Armenians?” while implementing the invasion of Poland, massacre of Poles and the Holocaust.

The author notes that the “more speeches, than actions” behavior of the international community brought other genocides and continuation of anti-Semitism and persecutions against Christians in the Middle East and other parts of the world.

“Despite all this, the Armenians and Jews continue to live and Create with their indomitable will to survive and having a strong faith in the future,” he writes.

“And, just as the Jews walked through a difficult ladder of their collective life, overcoming various sufferings, before reaching their desired motherland, Armenians having a similar historical path, should aspire to do the same. This is what all Armenians in the world keep in their genes and this is what my dream is about,” the author sums up.