“UNRWA is reaching out to Israeli audiences,” a statement from the UN Relief and Works Agency said Wednesday, noting that the first activity will be a photo exhibition highlighting the Israeli bombing of the UNRWA warehouse in Gaza during the country’s war on the area over the winter.
“As part of UNRWA’s ongoing efforts to create meaningful dialogue with the Hebrew-speaking public, the Agency has organized a three-day cultural event at the Laz Theatre in Acre,” the agency said. The event will take place in Acre on 11 August.
The event will include a photo exhibition of UNRWA's human development and the screening of an award-winning UNRWA film. The event will culminate in the multi-media theatre performance “Building Understanding: Epitaph for a Warehouse”. The performance documents the dramatic last day of the Agency’s main warehouse in Gaza, which was destroyed during Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s latest war on the Gaza Strip, and according to the agency, “features rarely seen footage and eyewitness accounts.”
Israeli warplanes used white phosphorus bombs during the end of their war on Gaza. Dozens hit a UN warehouse in the area, burning the building and most of the humanitarian supplies inside.
A UN inquiry into the war found Israel guilty of warcrimes and asked that the country pay 11.2 million US dollars in damages to UN buildings including the warehouse and dozens of schools that were also targeted.
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