Exhibition on Khojaly massacre opens in Afula, Israel
Baku, April 29 (AZERTAC). A traveling photo exhibition reflecting the tragic events in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly has recently opened at Beit Poznak Cultural Center of the Israeli town of Afula. The exhibition was organized under the patronage of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and International Charity Fund of Mountain Jews (STMEGI).
“The photographs depict peaceful unarmed people massacred by Armenian monsters,” said director of the Azerbaijan Cultural Center of the International Association "Israel-Azerbaijan" (AZIZ) Egyana Salman.
Visitors to the exhibition viewed photos depicting the pictures of terrible carnage victims’ remains. Many visitors compared these photos with chilling pictures of the Jewish Holocaust victims, some could not stand the horror of what they saw and left the hall without saying a word.
“It is very difficult to break stereotypes. Sometimes we try to explain and somehow affect the settled point of view and change it. Sometimes, looking at the eyes of our opponents, we just give up, because we feel that it is impossible to break through the wall of misunderstanding. However, most often we understand that the information that has been skillfully and pragmatically inculcated for decades has already formed a position, and most of the human race does not want to change their position and try to understand the opposite point of view.”
This is the phenomenon we, Azerbaijanis, are facing, living away from home, whenever it concerns the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said Egyana Salman.
“So we have to talk to every visitor about the nature and historical roots of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and real victims of this bloody dispute,” Salman said.
She emphasized that it is “very important for the organizers to attract children to tour this exhibition, because they have not yet encountered the false information. Looking at the photos, the children asked why the Azerbaijani residents of Khojaly were killed so cruelly”.
Several news agencies of the region, a state radio channel and the official website of the Municipal Council of the city of Afula covered the exhibition.
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