The head of ADL Armenian Defamation League Abraham Foxman has posted a press release on the ADL website condemning the Yerevan State University for honoring Iran’s president Ahmadenijadiad with a degree.

Despite the fact that Iran’s president really needed a degree, I also find the State University’s honor to a person who denies the Holocaust to be a wrong deed.

But for Foxman, a devoted friend of Turkish officials who deny the Armenian Genocide and a genocide denier himself, to condemn the University is pretty ironic, isn’t it? Oh, and why doesn’t Foxman support Armenia’s Jewish community when it comes to the latter’s call for a formal recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the U.S. Congress?

ADL Supports Armenian Jewish Community In Condemnation Of Yerevan State University
New York, NY, October 30, 2007 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed support for the Armenian Jewish Community in their condemnation of Yerevan State University, which recently honored Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with an honorary doctorate and a medal.

“It is disgraceful for a reputable institution of higher learning to honor a man who routinely compromises the rights of Iranian citizens, and especially students and academics,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director.  “We commend the Armenian Jewish Community for speaking out against this poor judgment on the part of Yerevan State University.

“It is one thing to provide a forum to speak, as universities are environments where freedom of speech should be promoted and encouraged,” said Mr. Foxman.  “However, it is quite another to confer degrees and awards on a dictator who denies the Holocaust and calls for the destruction of the state of Israel.  Such tributes should be reserved for those academics and world leaders who rightfully deserve them.”

UPDATE: Just noticed that our friends at Jewcy.com have a similar entry on Foxman, titled “More Foxman Irony.”