"Genocide" is another word that is often used for political purposes. We are told that the Sudanese are committing genocide; the world’s Jews have hijacked the Holocaust (a term coined by an American Jewish professor) at the expense of others, with the term now being kicked around like a football by this side or that side, often for political expediency.

I am no historian and I have no idea what the scientific definition for genocide is, nor whether what Turkey did to the Armenians falls under that definition. But as a person who grew up in the Middle East, I have known many Armenians whose families escaped the killings by moving to different parts of the world. I know Armenians who have had to move to Jerusalem, Amman, Aleppo, Cairo and Beirut to escape the brutality that was wrought upon their people. Ironically, many Armenians who have moved to Palestine have adopted the Palestinian cause (some have also married Palestinians and other Arab Christians) as they have seen and felt the suffering of Palestinians, who are also refugees from war, violence and ethnic cleansing.