CivilNet: Eradicating Armenian heritage in Jerusalem through land sell-offs

Emil Lazarian 2021
CIVILNET.AM

14 Dec, 2021 07:12

Ambassador Manuel Hassassian, a veteran Palestinian diplomat, is urging authorities in Armenia to intervene in the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem’s decision to lease its land in the old city to an Australian-Israeli businessman. The lease agreement is for 99 years and the land will be used to build a luxury hotel. Ambassador Hassassian discusses the importance of this land, the concerns of the Palestinian and Jordanian authorities, and why this could lead to the extinction of the Armenian community in Jerusalem.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS