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Read Replies (2) | Respond to Armenian genocide recognition controversyPrior to 2007, the ADL described the Armenian genocide as a massacre and an atrocity , but not a genocide . [16] Foxman had earlier opposed calls for the US Government to recognise it as a genocide. [124] ADL was reported to have received direct pressure from the Turkish foreign ministry. [125] Watertown, Massachusetts , which has a significant Armenian population, the town council in early August 2007 decided unanimously to withdraw from ADL's "No Place for Hate" anti-discrimination campaign over the issue. Human rights commissions in some other Massachusetts communities also withdrew in subsequent months. [126] [127] An editorial in The Boston Globe criticized the ADL, saying, "as an organization concerned about human rights, it ought to acknowledge the genocide against the Armenian people during World War I, and criticize Turkish attempts to repress the memory of this historical reality." [128] On August 17, 2007, ADL fired its regional New England director, Andrew H. Tarsy, for breaking ranks and saying that ADL should recognize the genocide. [129] In its August 21, 2007, "Statement on the Armenian Genocide", ADL acknowledged the genocide, but maintained its opposition to congressional resolutions aimed at recognizing it. [16] Foxman wrote that "the consequences of those actions" by the Ottoman Empire against Armenians "were indeed tantamount to genocide." [15] The Turkish government condemned the league's statement. [130] It was also criticized by activists who believed that it failed to be unequivocal because of its qualifier "tantamount", and the word "consequences" was seen as avoiding language that would imply intent, a crucial aspect of the 1948 UN Genocide Convention definition. [131] [ verification needed ] Tarsy won his job back, [132] but he subsequently submitted his resignation, on December 4, 2007. [126] [133] [134] [135]
