On Wednesday, a group of Israeli police officers entered an area of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City known as the Cows’ Garden and began dismantling outposts set up there by members of the Armenian community.

This is far from the first incident pitting law enforcement and settler groups against Jerusalem’s Armenians, who for more than six months now, have organized round-the-clock sit-ins in an effort to save the Cows’ Garden from a takeover by Israeli real estate developers.

Armenian community members say losing the Cows’ Garden would pose an existential threat to their community and would irrevocably damage Jerusalem’s multicultural and multireligious character.

CivilNet’s Mark Dovich sits down with Setrag Balian, co-founder of the Save the ArQ movement, to review the latest developments in Jerusalem and discuss the steps the city’s Armenians are taking to defend and preserve their homes.

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“We are living in hell, 25% of our Armenian Quarter is gone” - PART 1 https://youtu.be/l6nJbBqx8Bw

“In 20 years, you may not find Armenians, Catholics or Greeks in Jerusalem” https://youtu.be/vfxWCw0OcwU