Fliers containing anti-Armenian sentiments had been discovered Friday morning posted close to an Armenian church in Glendale. Metropolis Mayor Ardy Kassakhian referred to as the postings “unconscionable and insupportable.”
The fliers, discovered taped to gentle poles close to St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church, contained messages that denied the Armenian genocide however claimed that Israel “absolutely helps” its completion. They referenced the continued blockade of the Nagorno-Karabakh area by Azerbaijan, which has change into a humanitarian disaster.
The area is populated primarily by ethnic Armenians however lies inside Azerbaijan; critics say the nation’s blockade has minimize off entry to meals and medication.
Anti-Armenian fliers had been discovered close to St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale.
(Glendale Public Data Workplace)
“[We] proceed to witness the efforts by hate teams in the present day which proceed to advertise the atrocious act of genocide proper right here within the metropolis of Glendale, dwelling to one of many largest Armenian communities in the US,” Kassakhian stated in a press release.
Kassakhian contended that these liable for posting the indicators had been “undoubtedly emboldened” by Turkey’s continued denial of the Armenian genocide and by the blockade in Azerbaijan.
California Assemblymember Laura Friedman (D-Burbank) referred to as the posters “vile.”
“Let’s be clear that we are going to not permit these hateful racists to create discord between the Jewish & Armenian communities,” Friedman stated on Twitter.
The Armenian genocide resulted within the deaths of between an estimated 700,000 to 1.2 million Armenians dwelling within the Ottoman empire in 1915.
It was not acknowledged by the US till 2021 underneath President Biden.
The Glendale Police Division is investigating the incident as a potential hate crime towards the Armenian church and group, the company stated in a press release.
The incident comes a number of months after anti-Armenian fliers had been discovered taped to poles in Beverly Hills, KTLA reported.
