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Kerzner International did not respond to allegations on their involvement in Armenian Quarter land lease deal
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Safdie Architects respond to involvement in the Armenian Quarter land lease deal
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Palestine/Israel: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention calls on Israel’s allies to guarantee due process for Jerusalem Armenians
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention said that it is deeply concerned by threats to the integrity of the Armenian Quarter in East Jerusalem.
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Palestine/Israel: Armenian community of Jerusalem steps up resistance to "grave existential threat" from attempts to seize lands by Israeli firm Xana Gardens
With speed and determination, the Armenian community of Jerusalem has organized itself to stand up to Israeli attempts to seize historic and vital Armenian communal property.
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Palestine/Israel: Armenian community and civil society in Jerusalem citing an "existential threat" call upon the international community to aid against "aggressive tactics" of Xena Gardens firm
The situation gripping the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem is more than distressing—it is an urgent call to safeguard cultural heritage and defend the rights of the Armenian community within the Holy Land.
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Palestine: Israeli police orders protesters against the "illegal destruction" and "land grab" of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem to evacuate and arrests three, including a minor
Police in Jerusalem has demanded local Armenians to vacate the area of “Armenian Gardens”—known as the “Cows’ Garden” in the Old City of Jerusalem— and accused them of misappropriation of property.
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Palestine/Israel: Fears of settler violence against the Armenian community in Jerusalem as a settler related to the illegal occupation of the West Bank is allegedly spotted with Xena Gardens firm
After the Armenian Patriarchate requested to cancel a land lease, Danny Rothman, the man behind the deal, was seen next to armed settlers in Jerusalem’s Armenian Quarter. A settler linked to Israel’s minister of national security was also there.
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Palestine: Armenian community in Jerusalem protest attempted destruction of their land by "radical Israeli settlers" following cancelled land deal
The small community is fighting a murky property deal that threatens to take 25 per cent of their quarter.
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Palestine/Israel: Armenians Launch Legal Battle to Cancel Controversial Cows’ Garden Land Deal and save the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem
Determined community advocacy combined with legal help from Armenians in the diaspora opens the possibility of canceling a secretive land deal that would give an Australian Jewish developer control of one-quarter of the area of the Armenian Quarter.
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Palestine/Israel: Armenian Patriarchate cancels land deal with Israeli company Xana Gardens that would sign away "25% of Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem"
The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem cancelled a controversial real estate agreement that would sign away some 25 percent of the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem to an Israeli investor for 99 years.
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Palestine: Investigative report into Israeli company Xana Garden's "outrage provoking" attempts to build a luxury hotel in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem
Despite insolvency and irregularities, Rothman has clinched a controversial deal to acquire Armenian property in Jerusalem. Due to his extensive business ties in international hospitality, opponents of his Israeli firm face an uphill legal battle.
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Palestine/Israel: Fears of an Armenian displacement from historic Jerusalem after a controversial "land grab" deal with Israeli owned firm Xana Capital
A real estate deal in Jerusalem's Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there into a panic as residents search for answers about the feared loss of their homes to a mysterious investor.
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