ABSTRACT
Yossi Sarid probably knew that reviving the curriculum would be a long process and that there might be obstacles laid down by officials in the Ministry who were already opposed to it being taught in Israeli schools. Sarid's speech—which practically described the very attitude the journalist was criticizing—received much attention in the Israeli and world press and was quoted in many countries. A press release published the same day Sarid's statement was made stated that Yad Vashem would like to clarify that it has never expressed any objection to studying the Armenian Genocide in the Israeli educational system. The Turkish reaction was wholly different. At the beginning, the Turkish government did not react publicly to the statement, even though Sarid's declaration received much attention in the Turkish media. The religious newspaper Ha'modia criticized Sarid's statement for being populist and not representative of any official or unofficial stand.
