Several hundreds of Armenian community representatives staged a protest in front of the Israeli Foreign Ministry building in Jerusalem Thursday. The demonstrators demanded to stop the sale of weapons to Azerbaijan.

The protest, organized by the United Committee of Jerusalem, was attended not only by the members of the Armenian community in Jerusalem, Haifa and Petah Tikva, but also Jews.

Former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Yosef "Pepe" Alalu delivered a speech during the protest, in which he mentioned that he shares the pain of the Armenian people and the sorrow of the Armenian Genocide. He also stressed the unacceptability of the fact that currently Azerbaijan kills the Armenian people by the weapons sold by Israel. Mr Alalu also urged the Israeli authorities to stop selling weapons to Azerbaijan.

In an interview with Armenian News - NEWS.am, Rev. Koryun of Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem noted that the demonstrators also handed a letter to the Israeli Foreign Minister, where the Armenian community expressed its concern about the Israeli arms sale to Azerbaijan.