Lemkin Institute calls on US to support Armenians in dispute over Cows’ Garden in Jerusalem

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention called on the United States and other close allies of Israel to take it upon themselves to guarantee the Armenian community due process in the dispute over Goveroun Bardez (Cows’ Garden).

In its statement, the Lemkin Institute expressed its deep concerns over threats to the integrity of the Armenian Quarter in East Jerusalem.

“The global Armenian community has already lost one important historical land this fall — Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), which was forcibly depopulated when Azerbaijan invaded, massacred Armenians, and terrorized almost the entire Armenian population into fleeing. The Armenian people cannot lose another,” it said in a statement.

It also added that although the Armenian population in Jerusalem today is very small, the Armenian Quarter remains an important part of the Armenian Diaspora presence as the oldest remaining living diaspora of Armenians and must be safeguarded from developers and armed settlers.