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Israel: At least 37 Palestinians been killed 1000 wounded US Embassy move to Jerusalem

May 14, 2018 By administrator

At least 37 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured during clashes with Israeli forces along the Gaza border. Protests have amplified as the opening ceremony for the US Embassy in Jerusalem gets underway.

Fresh clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinians broke out on Monday on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, as protesters reached the climax of a six-week protest against the US moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

Gaza’s health ministry said 37 Palestinians were shot and killed by the Israeli army — including a 14-year-old, leading the Palestinian government to accuse Israel of committing a “terrible massacre” in Gaza.

Palestinian government spokesman Yusuf al-Mahmoud in a statement called for “an immediate international intervention to stop the terrible massacre in Gaza committed by the forces of the Israeli occupation against our heroic people.”

It is the deadliest day in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 2014.

Conflicting sources have put the number of injured at between 227 and 500. The ministry said 200 were wounded by live fire.The Israeli army said in a statement its forces are “responding with riot dispersal means and fire, and are operating according to standard operating procedures” in response to “10,000 violent rioters.”

Jerusalem US Embassy opens Monday

Some 35,000 Palestinians have gathered at 10 different points along the border to protest the moving of the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the disputed city of Jerusalem.

A lavish ceremony is due to take place later on Monday to mark the occasion.

The US decision has infuriated the Palestinians, who seek east Jerusalem as a future capital.

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Jerusalem municipality responds to Christian churches’ concerns over city tax

February 27, 2018 By administrator

The Jerusalem city hall has responded to the Christian communities’ concerns over the recently announced proposing texes for churches and monasteries.The mayor of the city has issued a statement saying that the legislation will apply only to “profitable church estate”, not the religious institution as such.But Archimandrite Koryun Baghdasaryan, the local Armenian patriarch, disagrees with the clarification, citing controversial provisions in the law.“The churches do pay taxes for profitable estate as it is, so the law in question clearly applies to churches and monasteries. This is why we are actually continuing the protest action now,” he told Tert.am on Tuesday.

The Armenian Apostolic, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox communities closed the Holy Sepulchre church on Sunday to boycott the measure.

They haven’t ended the protest ever since despite the City Hall’s repeated assurances that the disputed measure doesn’t imply additional taxes and duties.In another controversial bill, the Israeli Knesset proposes establishing ownership rights to the land properties purchased from churches in the past couple of years.Baghdasaryan earlier said that they are determined to keep the church closed “until both decisions are annulled”.

The patriarch said he finds the protest historic because of its “political context implying also a violation of human rights”.  He added that the three Christian churches, sharing the management of Holy Sepulchre, had earlier too, taken joint actions in support of common interests.

“Closing the church’s doors is also a historic moment – pursuing political objectives,” he added.

Asked about the expected financial burden, Nahapetyan said they estimate an annual tax duty of about $700,000. He added that they are more concerned over the principles given that the three Christian communities were for many centuries exempt from any taxes and fees.

Hanan Ashrawi, a senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization, has labeled the attempts to collect taxes on church-owned properties and advance a new property law as a “fresh attempt by Israel to maintain ‘Jewish control’ over Jerusalem and its holy sites”

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Erdogan named honorary president of the program “Jerusalem Capital of Islamic Youth 2018”

February 11, 2018 By administrator

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been named honorary chairman of the board of directors of the “Jerusalem Capital of Islamic Youth 2018” program.

This is reflected in a statement released by the Youth Forum of the Islamic Conference for Dialogue and Cooperation.

The launch of the “Jerusalem Capital of Islamic Youth 2018” program was carried out in Palestine with the participation of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Ministers from ten countries, including Turkish Minister of Youth and Sport Osman Askin Bak, and representatives from more than 30 countries attended the inauguration ceremony.

Speaking during the ceremony, Abbas thanked Erdogan and Turkey for hosting the Forum.

The statement announces that the Turkish President has been appointed Honorary President of the program.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) declared last year in Istanbul, Turkey, the occupied city of Jerusalem “capital of Islamic youth for the year 2018”.

Each year, a capital of Islamic Youth is designated to promote dialogue between young people from different Muslim countries.

Sunday, February 11, 2018,
Stéphane © armenews.com

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Capital of Islamic, Erdogan, Jerusalem

Secret Jerusalem: the ancient Armenian quarter

December 27, 2017 By administrator

Armenian Jerusalem

Armenian Jerusalem

Did you know, #Armenian district is 1 of 4 districts of ancient #Jerusalem with dozens of ancient churches & buildings. Armenians didn’t flee from city after falling of Jerusalem in 13th c., preserve heritage up today. Cool pics by blogger #Lapshin.

“This Is Google Translation from Russian”

Perhaps the most inaccessible place for tourists of ancient Jerusalem is its picturesque Armenian quarter, the smallest of the four main parts of the city: Muslim, Jewish and Christian. It would be more accurate to say that the part of the quarter where the churches, cells and the monastery are located is not available, that is, its most interesting part. Today, thanks to my kind Armenian friends and the abbot of the Sv.Arkhangel family, Gevond Vardapetu, an old dream has finally come true and I saw this unusual place. From the west and south the quarter is surrounded by the walls of the old city and, accordingly, the Jaffa and Zion gates, from the north to the Christian quarters, and from the east to the Jewish quarters. It is not only the smallest area of old Jerusalem, but also the most sparsely populated. See for yourself: in the Muslim quarter about 20 thousand people, in the Jewish quarter about 12 thousand, in the Christian quarter (Greek, Catholics, Ethiopians, Copts) another six thousand. There are only 200 Armenians.

It is considered that the first Armenians arrived in Jerusalem almost 2 thousand years ago, in the first century of our era. At the same time, the construction of churches and monasteries began, which have not survived until our days, but in their place are a little more new temples built by Armenians in the 12-16 centuries. It turns out that the Armenian community in Jerusalem can be considered the oldest of all Christians living in this city. Also, an interesting fact is that after the fall of the Kingdom of the Crusaders in 1291 and the capture of the Holy Land by Muslims, from here all Christians fled, but apart from the Armenians. The latter managed to agree with the Muslims that they would allow them to stay in Jerusalem. Not just so, of course, and in return for paying a “tax for the infidels”, but this allowed to preserve its presence and property.

Many people mistakenly believe that the entire Armenian quarter is completely hidden behind powerful walls. This is not entirely true, as part of the quarter is quite open to itself, in particular the Armenian Patriarchate road, stretching from the Jaffa Gate to the Zion Gate along the western part of the old city and the walls. There are a lot of Armenian guest houses, shops, restaurants. Regarding the latter, to be honest, in my opinion all these establishments of Armenian traditional cuisine are unreasonably expensive and it did not occur to me to eat there.

The entrance to the Armenian Patriarchate and the monastery of St. Jacobs through the massive gate (note which these gates are ancient) under the signage of “Convent Armenien”, after which you immediately get to the churchyard in front of St. James Church –

Khachkars, brought from Armenia relatively recently and looking a little strange in these ancient walls –

Climbing the territory of the monastery, you get to a large courtyard with many doors and windows. It is like the cells of monks, and the administrative premises of the Patriarchate –

As we said above, in the old Jerusalem today there are 200 Armenians, plus 20 clergymen. In addition, about a hundred seminarians, mostly from Armenia and the United States. A further 2,000 to 3,000 Armenians live in a new part of the city, but many of them are secular people and parishioners of churches are not. Meanwhile, until the proclamation of the independence of Israel in 1948, 16 to 40 thousand Armenians lived in the city according to various sources, but almost all of them fled from Jerusalem, fearing to be between the “hammer and the anvil” in the war of the Jews with the Arabs. Bloody battles unfolded right in the Old City and around the Armenian quarter. No sooner had the remaining several thousand Armenians come to their senses after the first war, as the Six Day War of 1967 struck when Israeli troops stormed the Old City and despite the fact that none of the conflicting parties had anything against the Armenians, they decided to leave Jerusalem. For many years the Armenian part was in desolation and with incomprehensible prospects for the future.

As if there were few wars and conflicts, as in 1981 an incredible thing happened for the Armenian church – the Jerusalem archbishop Shah Ajamyan sold a portion of the Patriarchate’s land to the Jerusalem municipality for bribes. After that he fled from Jerusalem and Israel as a whole. If the conflict between Jews and Arabs was perceived by local Armenians as an inevitable evil, the betrayal of their own archbishop is truly a shameful page in the history of the Armenian quarter of Jerusalem.

As for the status of Armenians in Israel, this is an equally controversial issue, like everything related to the Armenian people. Some Armenians have Israeli citizenship, firstly, those who did not flee in 1948 and 1967 (their minority, several hundred people), secondly the families of Jewish emigrants from the USSR (2-3 thousand). Finally, Armenians from those who came to Jerusalem to serve on a religious line, they have a residence permit from the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Israel, or Palestinian identity cards (for those who primarily serve in Bethlehem). Those who came to Israel after the collapse of the Soviet Union also have Armenian citizenship other than Israeli.

Regarding the relationship between the Armenians of Jerusalem and the Israeli authorities, everything is generally normal. It is another matter that once the influential and large community has lost its importance and the authorities perceive the local Armenians exclusively formally. Visas are given, the norms of the law are generally respected, the treatment is answered, security is provided. But the letter does not go beyond dry trailing. The country’s leadership does not spoil the attention of the community, participation in those or other ceremonies (including the Day of Remembrance of Genocide Victims) does not participate. Well, by and large, and God is with them, with the authorities. The main thing is that they do not create problems and on this one already thanks.

By the way, the collapse of the USSR was a blessing for the Jerusalem Armenians, as the borders were opened and Armenians from already independent Armenia began to replenish the community. In addition, Armenian pilgrims and tourists come here more often, plus Armenians from the Diaspora from France and the United States.

Once upon a time, monks lived in cells without any comfort. Today they have quite comfortable rooms, facilities, internet, TV. Everything a modern person needs.

Actually, the monastic cells –

As far back as in the Armenian quarter, there is a unique library of Galust Gulbeknjan with tens of thousands of unique books, as well as a separate depository of ancient manuscripts (about 4 thousand of them), many of which date from the 12th to the 13th centuries. Unfortunately, it’s not so easy to get to a person from the outside. How not to get into the chic museum –

Suddenly see a football field in the middle of the monastery? It will be even more unusual to hear that not only residents of the quarter play football here, but also fans of football from Catholics, Franciscans, Jews and many others. In the Old City chronically there is not enough free land (more precisely, it simply does not exist), so the football field in the center of Old Jerusalem is fantastic!

The administrative premises of the Armenian Patriarchate –

And this is a very unusual exhibit. The Yerevan artist applied biblical stories to the tile with computer graphics. One problem, the colors have partially faded, from which the hero on the left became a bit like Satan; at least such associations arose among many guests.

In the center of the quarter grows a very ancient olive tree, to which, based on the Gospel, they tied Jesus Christ at a time when the high priests Anna and Caiaphas were deciding what to do with it. Later came the belief that the fruits of this tree are cured of infertility. In truth, I do not believe in mysticism, but I do not doubt that only a belief in success cures from any misfortune and gives strength.

It is interesting that on the territory of the monastery, besides secular monks, secular Armenians also live, some of them also live in these two relatively new houses, closely adjacent to the Jewish quarter. There is also a small garden where vegetables and fruits are grown –

Inside the monastery are several churches: first, the Cathedral of St. James, the Church of the Archangels, the Church of St. Thoros and others.

These ancient gates have stood for centuries! But in the end they had to be replaced with new ones so that they would not fall on the parishioners –

Across the street and next to the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin (the German Catholic, the Order of Benedictines), there is an Armenian cemetery and the Theological Seminary. Actually, young boys from Armenia and the Diaspora are studying here –

Did you notice that the floor is lined with gravestones?

Without a doubt, the Armenian quarter is the greenest in the whole of Old Jerusalem, here you can find even grapes over shady avenues –

And we say goodbye to the Armenian quarter and go to supper! And by the way, we pass by another island of the Armenian life in Jerusalem. At a distance from the Armenian quarter, surrounded by Muslim regions, is the Armenian-Catholic Patriarchate. This is the smallest Armenian community in Jerusalem with no more than 100 parishioners. It’s hard for me to judge how the traditional Armenian church accepts and accepts Armenian Catholics, maybe readers will tell about it?

Damascus (Shechem) gate of the Old City is already the epicenter of the Muslim quarter and the most dangerous place in all of Jerusalem. Before these gates in the past few years, several dozen terrorist attacks on passers-by or the police have been committed. Because of this, police and soldiers armed to the teeth are constantly carrying around the gate. But this is a completely different story!

We’re having supper. Bon Appetit everyone!

p.s Abbot of the Monastery of St. Arkhangel, Gevond Vardapet conducted a magnificent escursion around the monastery, for which a huge thanks from us. An interesting and intelligent person. But I would like to add that he is also a chic photographer. Look at his work in his facebook, and all filmed on a regular phone. Terrific.

p.s 2 And tomorrow I’m going to take an excursion to the Palestinian territories from Abraham’s hostel, where I live in Jerusalem. This is interesting doubly, firstly because serving in the Israeli army, I rode there on a patrol jeep, and secondly, after the service, I often visited there as a tourist, while posing as a journalist for Russia Today 🙂

Source: http://bit.ly/2oHVHz6

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Jerusalem must be an independent country like the Vatican, Govern by the three religion

December 22, 2017 By administrator

By Wally Sarkeesian,

Jerusalem must be an independent country like the Vatican govern by the three religion Christian, Jews, and Muslims. No one religion should possess full control.

History of Jerusalem

During its long history, Jerusalem has been attacked 52 times, captured and recaptured 44 times, besieged 23 times, and destroyed twice.[1] The oldest part of the city was settled in the 4th millennium BCE, making Jerusalem one of the oldest cities in the world.[2]

Given the city’s central position in both Israeli nationalism and Palestinian nationalism, the selectivity required to summarize more than 5,000 years of inhabited history is often[3][4] influenced by ideological bias or background (see Historiography and nationalism). For example, the Jewish periods of the city’s history are important to Israeli nationalists, whose discourse states that modern Jews descend from the Israelites and Maccabees,[Note 1][Note 2] while the Islamic periods of the city’s history are important to Palestinian nationalists, whose discourse suggests that modern Palestinians descend from all the different peoples who have lived in the region.[Note 3][Note 4] As a result, both sides claim the history of the city has been politicized by the other in order to strengthen their relative claims to the city,[3][3][4][9][10] and that this is borne out by the different focuses the different writers place on the various events and eras in the city’s history.

Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Armenia should not have joined UN vote on Jerusalem’s status – analyst

December 22, 2017 By administrator

Armenia should not have taken part in the United Nations’ voting over the resolution warning against any diplomatic efforts to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the director on the analytical center on Globalisation and Regional Cooperation said today, commenting on the country’s political stance on the document.

Speaking to Tert.am, Stepan Grigoryan addressed also the Foreign Ministry’s statement which he said was absolutely adequate and neutrally-worded.

Asked whether US President Donald Trump’s landmark statement made earlier this month may impact the US entry visa policies and different funding projects in Armenia, the analyst said he doesn’t expect any serious developments. “I don’t think it will impact the visa issuance procedures, but if Trump is as good as his word, we may certainly become vulnerable a little bit. It is an open secret that EU and the United States [are the only superpowers] offering assistance to Armenia. We must be honest enough to admit that,” he added.

Grigoryan noted that the US assistance to Armenia is not limited only to financial resources as they provides also considerable technical supplies to the country to promote technological development.

“I am hopeful we are not going into those big games; so they [the US] may not focus too much attention on us,” he added.

Meantime the expert considered the United States’ reaction absolutely justified, noting that the country largely responsible for generating the UN funds for most different projects.

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Erdoğan slams Israel as a ‘terrorist state’ and “oppressive, occupation state.”

December 10, 2017 By administrator

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Dec. 10 described Israel as a “terrorist state.”

Speaking at a ruling Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) congress in the Central Anatolian province of Sivas, Erdoğan blasted the Israeli police’s “disproportionate” force against Palestinian protesters and said Israel is an “oppressive, occupation state.”

His words came after U.S. President Donald Trump on Dec. 6 officially recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, in a move that reversed decades of U.S. policy of remaining neutral on the holy city.

The decision triggered demonstrations in the Palestinian territories and across the Muslim world.

Two Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip earlier on Dec. 9, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

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Egypt’s Coptic pope shuns US VP Mike Pence over Jerusalem

December 10, 2017 By administrator

The Coptic pope’s decision comes a day after Egypt’s top Muslim cleric Ahmed al-Tayeb (L) also refused to meet Pence

The Coptic Christian pope has canceled a meeting with the US vice president in Cairo, in protest against America’s move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Palestinian leader Abbas also snubbed Mike Pence.

In a statement released on Saturday, the Coptic Church said it “excused itself from hosting Mike Pence” when he visits Egypt, citing US President Donald Trump’s decision made “at an unsuitable time and without consideration for the feelings of millions of people.”

Egypt’s Coptic Church said it would pray for “wisdom and to address all issues that impact peace for the people of the Middle East.”

The decision comes a day after Egypt’s top Muslim cleric Ahmed al-Tayeb also refused to meet Pence.

Egyptian Coptic Christians, the largest religious minority in the region, make up about 10 percent of the country’s 93 million people.

Solidarity from non-Muslim Arabs

The Coptic Pope’s refusal to host Pence is largely symbolic but significant, because it demonstrates the Arab solidarity for Palestinians irrespective of religious affiliations.

Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem has not only been criticized by Muslim countries; Germany, China and Russia are among scores of nations that have slammed the US president over the policy U-turn.

The status of Jerusalem was a key stumbling block during previous peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians, in particular the question of how to divide sovereignty and oversee holy sites.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Coptic, Egypt, Jerusalem, Pope

Israel braces for unrest after Hamas calls Donald Trump’s Jerusalem decision a ‘declaration of war’

December 7, 2017 By administrator

Hamas has called for new intifada against Israel in response to Donald Trump’s decision to recognise the Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

“This Zionist policy supported by the US cannot be confronted unless we ignite a new intifada,” said Ismail Haniyeh, the Islamist militant group’s leader, during a speech in Gaza.

He added: “The US decision is an aggression, a declaration of war on us, on the best Muslim and Christian shrines in the heart of Palestine, Jerusalem.”

After US President Donald Trump’s recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, there is silence and a state of waiting in the Muslim neighborhoods of this town.

The,

there are expectations among everyone in the city that clashes may ensue.

The Arab districts’ shops, which are usually very lively at this hour, are closed now. People are concerned that their shops may be damaged as a result of possible clashes.

The video cameras of numerous media outlets are at Damascus Gate.

Israeli police are all around the city.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: decision, Donald Trump's, Jerusalem

TRUMP MOVE TO JERUSALEM?

December 6, 2017 By administrator

Trump is poised to make good Wednesday on a 2016 campaign promise that could add fuel to Middle East tensions: Formally declare his belief that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, and order the U.S. Embassy to be moved there from its current location in Tel Aviv.

The embassy change won’t come overnight. “We don’t just put a plaque on the door and open a mission,” said a White House official on Tuesday night.

We’ll have the latest on this on our Essential Washington news feed throughout the day.

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