Jerusalem's Armenians Vow To Keep Up Fight Against 'settler' Project
Umer Jamshaid Published December 29, 2023 | 03:40 PM
Jerusalem, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Dec, 2023) Residents of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem's historic Armenian quarter rapidly mobilised when bulldozers rolled in to start work on a luxury hotel, a project they fear threatens the ancient but dwindling community.
The real estate deal which gives an Australian-Israeli investor roughly 25 percent of the Old City's Armenian quarter has sparked anger and concern among its residents.
"The youth arrived in large numbers and positioned themselves in front of the bulldozers," recalled resident Kegham Balian of the escalation last month.
"The settlers underestimated our community," said the Armenian merchant.
"We are waging a peaceful struggle, and we are not afraid."
Ever since the construction began, Armenians have set up camp, bringing tents, stoves, mattresses and even a tv to a weeks-long sit-in to guard the contested land.
Inside a tent, wooden planks patch up the holes left by construction equipment.
On Thursday, "over 30 armed provocateurs" attacked members of the Armenian community including clergymen, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a statement.
It accused the real estate developer, Danny Rothman, of being responsible for the "massive and coordinated physical attack" shortly after the patriarchate had taken to the court to annul the controversial land sale.
East Jerusalem and the Old City was seized by Israel in 1967 and annexed in a move not recognised by the international community.
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