JERUSALEM'S ARMENIANS OUTRAGED AS CITY APPROVES JEWS-ONLY PARKING

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JERUSALEM'S ARMENIANS OUTRAGED AS CITY APPROVES JEWS-ONLY PARKING LOT

By Nir Hasson

 

HETQ

14:13, February 3, 2012

 

Armenian residents of Jerusalem's Old City are protesting a municipal

decision to designate a parking lot in the area solely for Jews,

although part of it stands on land belonging to the Armenian

Patriarchate.

 

Parking is a major problem in the Old City, and some residents of

the Jewish Quarter claim it is one reason secular families have been

moving out. One of the parking lots serving this quarter is adjacent

to the Armenian Quarter and is partially built on land owned by the

Patriarchate, though the land has been leased by the Jewish Quarter

Development Company since the 1970s.

 

For decades, the parking lot was open to all, though Jewish Quarter

residents paid far less for a parking sticker than their Armenian

neighbors. But around two years ago, Armenians were forbidden to

park there.

 

One day I came home from work and the lot was closed," said Mussa

Marizian, an Armenian Quarter resident whose windows overlook the

parking lot. "The quarter's management decided we shouldn't park

there; they just got rid of us. Jews who live in the Muslim Quarter

are allowed to park there, but I, who live right on top of the parking

lot, am not allowed."

 

The development company subsequently asked the municipality for a

waiver to enable the lot to be permanently used for parking, even

though it is zoned as open public land under Jerusalem's master plan

of 1978.

 

On Thursday, the city's planning and building committee approved

the waiver, over the protests of both Armenian residents and the

Patriarchate's representative, attorney Mazen Qupty, who argued that

most of the land was owned by the church.

 

"It was hard to hear the very inconsiderate arguments made by the

people of the Jewish Quarter about the needs of their Armenian

neighbors," said Yosef "Pepe" Alalu, the Meretz deputy mayor, who

voted against the waiver. "How can it be that the parking lot used

to be open to all but now Armenians cannot enter?"

 

The Jerusalem Development Company said that less that 10 percent of

the parking lot's land was leased from the Patriarchate, and that

the lease was for 99 years.

 

"The Armenians have a roomy parking lot 150 meters from that spot,"

the company said. "The request for exceptional use was a procedural

issue to renew the parking lot's operating license and the objections

were legally rejected."

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JERUSALEM'S ARMENIANS OUTRAGED AS CITY APPROVES JEWS-ONLY PARKING LOT

By Nir Hasson

 

HETQ

14:13, February 3, 2012

On Thursday, the city's planning and building committee

I thought they already have a barking lot.

 

 

Speaking of “barking”….

 

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I thought they already have a barking lot.

 

 

Speaking of “barking”….

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/israel-attack-iran-sanctions-fail-defense-minister-ehud-barak-article-1.1016489?localLinksEnabled=false

The mouse making love to the elrphant when suddenly a coconut falls.

The elephant goes

-"OUCH"!

The mouse

-Sorry! Did I hurt you?

BTW. It all happened on the ARK.

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I think the idea is good, neighborhood is wrong.