ADL local leader fired on Armenian issue

Tarsy's firing -- and the national office's rebuke of the local office's independence -- marked the latest twist in a debate that began weeks ago in Watertown, home to more than 8,000 Armenian-Americans. Residents there became angry when they learned that the ADL was the sponsor of the town's anti-bigotry program "No Place For Hate" and, on Tuesday this week, the Watertown Town Council voted unanimously to pull out of the program.

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Michel Salim
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by Michel Salim - Oct. 1, 2008

Balanced article giving the views of most sides involved, though favouring local sources. The national ADL leadership's claim that pressing for the recognition of the Armenian genocide would endanger Jewish communities in Turkey is not investigated further, and no Turkish sources are interviewed with regard to this.

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