Tuesday, July 30, 2002

I received an e-mail today from a friend who serves in our monastery in Jerusalem, telling me that the Baron Der situation is not getting better. He told me to rally outside support so we can overcome this crisis. As alarming as this situation is, I'm more concerned about what the Israeli's will try next if they are not made to vacate that land?

I'm hoping that the MFA here in Armenia will go beyond making a strong statement in protest to the Israeli government and ask Israel's representative (if they still have one in Armenia after the genocide denial issue) to leave the country and suspend the operations of any organizations that are tied to Israel until this issues is resolved. Though this may seem like a very extreme measure, I think Armenia needs to take a very strong and non-tolerable stance on such issues so Israel understands that there is no compromise on issues of this kind now or in the future.

Effectively, Israel has invaded, captured and is now occupying Armenian land and that act of aggression with their desired end result is not too far from what the Turks had done when they began to drive the Armenians from their homes 100 years ago. Could this be the start of a campaign of Israel ridding itself of the Armenians and doing so in the name of "national security"? With everything I've read so far on this issue, Israel�s history and the current situation, I think it could be.

We all need to do everything we can to put pressure on Israel to vacate Baron Der and understand that we will not tolerate this and such acts in the future. Even though I�m sure we have the support of the greater international community, Israel is not going to back down without a fight, as they seem to be determined on accomplishing a specific goal that is not favorable to the Armenians.

Please take the time to make your voice heard by visiting http://web.archive.org/web/20060220130530/http://www.anca.org/. Also forward this log to all the people you know to do the same.

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