Photo exhibition on the theme of “Justice for Khojaly” opens in Tel-Aviv

The photo exhibition opened in February this year within the framework of “Justice for Khojaly” campaign in Israel continues its work at “Neve Elizzer” Cultural Palace of Tel-Aviv.

The photo exhibition has been organized by the Azerbaijan-Israel International Association (AzIz) with support from the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, “STMEQI” International Mountain Jews Foundation and Tel-Aviv municipality.

The event started with demonstration of a documentary-photo exhibition on the theme of “Justice for Khojaly”. Photos reflecting the events in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly in 1992 were displayed at the exhibition.

Deputy Mayor of the city of Tel-Aviv Amon Giladi, chairperson of  Tel-Aviv city’s Public Council Yelena Yufit, head of the Russian-speaking Israelis Federation’s Tel-Aviv section Ilya Levin, citizen of Tel-Aviv, People’s Artist of Azerbaijan Dina Tumarkina, Professor Mikhail Agarunov and other residents of the city noted their impressions of the exhibition in the Guests Book.

Member of “AzIz” Association’s Board of Directors, expert  in international relations Arye Gut gave comprehensive information to the participants about the Khojaly tragedy.

Arye Gut said 613 residents were killed, 487 people crippled, 1275 civilians – the elderly, children and women - captivated in Khojaly as a result of the atrocities committed by Armenian armed forces; they were subjected to unbelievable tortures and humiliations: “Out of 613 people killed in Khojaly, 106 were women, 63 children, 70 elderly. These facts show that the objective of these events was to massacre people of Khojaly just for being Azerbaijanis.”

Deputy Mayor of the city of Tel-Aviv Amon Giladi, chairperson of  Tel-Aviv city’s Public Council Yelena Yufit, head of the Russian-speaking Israelis Federation’s Tel-Aviv section Ilya Levin  thanked the representatives of the Azerbaijan-Israel International Association (AzIz) and the Heydar Aliyev Foundation  for the holding of a photo exhibition on the theme of “Justice for Khojaly”.