ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on three main events regarding the Israeli academy and the Armenian Genocide. These are the international conference on the Holocaust and Genocide held in Israel in 1982, the debate over honorary citizenship by the city of Tel Aviv to Professor Bernard Lewis in 1997 and its implications, and the intended nomination of Professor Ehud Toledano as Israeli ambassador. The chapter discusses the struggle over the conference on the Holocaust and Genocide that was held in Israel in 1982 because of the many significant implications it has on the role of the academy and academic freedom. The attitude and behavior of academics in Israel and abroad—who should act according to the principles of academic freedom—are the main issues. In a healthy united society, there is no reason why there should not be a large measure of voluntary cooperation between government and academics that allows academics to contribute significantly to the public of national policy.
