Israeli Students Read "40 Days of Musa Dagh" in School

The source deals mainly with the Jewish lobby, but there was an interesting tidbit in there.

Jews recognize the fact of the Armenian genocide but refuse to officially recognize it because the issue is politicized. Vardanyan said she has personally learned during her visit to Israel that a reading from "40 days of mount Musa" is part of school curriculum in that country.

If you remember, Sylvester Stallone expressed an interest in making the film.

Source: Panorama

Turkish Groups Try Stopping Stallone's Genocide Movie

And yet again, a story from the past comes alive.

Turkish organizations are going to send protest letters to American movie actor Sylvester Stallone who intends to screen Franz Werfel’s ‘The 40 Days of Musa Dagh’.

Savaş Eğilmez, the chairman of the so-called ‘Association on struggle against Armenian Genocide acknowledgement’ stated that [Franz Werfel's novel] is full of lie since the author wrote it after talking to the Armenians with nationalistic and radical views.”

In his words, “It is necessary to take appropriate measures till the start of shoots, since after everything has already began it will be more difficult. “We have already sent appropriate documents about the events of those days to the producers of the film. Our compatriots will assist us to urge the producers not to shoot the film,” he underlined

If you look at the original blog entry linked above, Stallone understands that Turkey has been trying to keep the genocide as a whole under wraps for 85 years, so I doubt he will be derailed by these futile efforts.

It must be really hard to be a Turk these days, what with all of these Armenians making ridiculously laughable claims about genocides and all. It's a good thing such an organization as the "Struggle against Armenian Genocide acknowledgement" exists.

Here's an idea, why don't you email the leader of this triumphant organization and tell him how you feel about this issue? Here's his email address: Savaş Eğilmez

Source: PanArmenian

Sylvester Stallone Considers Genocide Film

I've been hearing rumors about this for a couple of days, so I've decided to publish it.

For years, Stallone has wanted to create an epic, and the book that intrigues him is Franz Werfel's "The Forty Days of Musa Dagh," detailing the Turkish genocide of its Armenian community in 1915.

French ships eventually rescued some Armenians, and Stallone has his favorite scene memorized: "The French ships come, and they've dropped the ladders and everybody has climbed up the side. The ships sail. The hero, the one who set up the rescue, has fallen asleep, exhausted, behind a rock on the slope above. The camera pulls back, and the ships and the sea are on one side, and there's one lonely figure at the top of the mountain, and the Turks are coming up the mountain by the thousands on the far side."

The movie would be "an epic about the complete destruction of a civilization," Stallone said. Then he laughed at the ambition. "Talk about a political hot potato. The Turks have been killing that subject for 85 years."

Not only would that make a great film when properly produced, keeping in mind a low-profile version was made in 1982, but it would project the greater issue onto the masses. Here's to Stallone!