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Armenian residents of Jerusalem's Old City are protesting against the plan to build a luxury hotel on a large plot of land in the historic Armenian Quarter. An Armenian priest was defrocked after selling the plot , which today is mostly used as a car park,  to an Israeli-Australian property developer. The community is trying to stop the building of the hotel and suspect right-wing Jewish nationalist groups may be behind the initiative. KAN's  Mark Weiss spoke with Armenian Quarter resident Setrag Balian, co-founder of the Save The ArQ (Armenian Quarter)  movement , set up to thwart the sale. (Photo: Save The ArQ)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.