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L'armée israélienne occupe
le territoire nommé Baron Der, propriété de l'Eglise
Apostolique Arménienne Dans la banlieue nord de Bethlehem, l'armée israélienne
a saisie une propriété historique appartenant à l'église
arménienne. Ce territoire, connu sous le nom de Baron Der
appartient à l'église Apostolique arménienne, est
un centre administratif pour l'église, une retraite religieuse,
un centre de formation ... Baron Der possède des vergers
et des sites archéologiques d'une grande importance autant pour
le patriarcat de Jérusalem (Apostolique et Catholique) que pour
le Catholicossat d'Etchmiadzine et de Cilicie, mais aussi pour le gouvernement
arménien et pour l'ensemble de la communauté arménienne.
ANCA 25/07/2002 : In a troubling expansion of Israeli military control into historically Armenian land, the Israeli Army has seized historic Armenian Church property in the northern outskirts of Bethlehem. The land, known as Baron Der, is an Armenian Apostolic Church administrative center, religious retreat, training center, income-producing orchard, and archaeological site that holds great meaning to the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Armenian Apostolic Catholicosates in Etchmiadzin and Cilicia, the government of Armenia, and Armenians throughout the world. The Israeli government, which has a history of seeking control over Baron Der, is now seeking to justify its take-over as a crisis response necessary for its construction of a security wall between Jerusalem and the town of Bethlehem. Despite good faith efforts by the Patriarchate to resolve this issue through negotiations and the courts, the Israeli Army has insisted that its seizure is irreversible and has indicated that it will begin construction through the Armenian land as early as August 1st. According to a July 20th press release by the Armenian Apostolic Patriarche,
the building of this wall, separating the West Bank and Israel, "will
divide the sacred property into two useless plots." |