Engaging in intercultural dialogue and promoting mutual understanding

Agenda Exhibition Israel/Palestine; Pain and Hope – the Search for Peace Begins with Listening

Agenda Exhibition Israel/Palestine; Pain and Hope – The Search for Peace Begins with Listening

Address for exhibition: Believe Together/Inn of Humanity, Weimarstraat 300, The Hague, extended until and including July 8, open daily from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm. Admission is free. For questions: awf@annalindh.nl (last update 30/06)

NO parking opportunities near the venue. Best is to come with public transportation. The exhibition and dialogue evenings are on the first and second floor. There is no elevator in the building.

Background

This exhibition, Israel/Palestine; Pain and Hope, is organised by the Dutch civil society network of the Anna Lindh Foundation in cooperation with numerous organisations. The Anna Lindh Foundation is an intergovernmental organisation established in 2005 that emerged from the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation process initiated in 1995 with the Barcelona Declaration.

This process was preceded by important political developments, including the Madrid Conference of 1991, where the principle of “land for peace” became central. This principle formed the basis for the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Barcelona Process subsequently developed into a Euro-Mediterranean partnership for peace, cooperation, and dialogue. This led in 2005 to the establishment of the Anna Lindh Foundation, in which Israel and Palestine participate together with other European and Mediterranean countries, in the hope of promoting mutual understanding and peaceful cooperation.

The exhibition was organised within a very short period of time. Everyone who feels involved with Israel and Palestine was invited to submit work to our selection committee. Every individual and organisation that contributed material is responsible for the views represented in their own contributions. The Dutch Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation emphasises the importance of listening with empathy to different perspectives without endorsing specific political solutions.

We present photography and photographs of artworks that reflect the immense pain experienced by both Jews and Palestinians. At the same time, we must continue to hold on to hope for a just and peaceful future for Jews and Palestinians alike. We therefore explicitly invited participants to contribute works that express hope.

Donations

This exhibition was made possible through a donation of €3,936 from the Anna Lindh Foundation. We were therefore unfortunately not in a position to pay the photographers and artists. In addition, we worked exclusively with volunteers. The total costs are not yet fully known, but despite these voluntary contributions our costs are certainly considerably higher. We would therefore greatly appreciate your donation. There are three ways to contribute:

  1. For families of participating photographers/artists in Gaza

    https://www.gofundme.com/f/peacebuilding-via-civil-society-israelpalestine-exhibition

  2. For the organisational costs of the Arab-West Foundation, which is entirely dependent on donations. The foundation has ANBI (Public Benefit Organisation) status.

    https://whydonate.com/search?search=Arab%20West%20Foundation

  3. For individual photographers/artists who contributed to this exhibition.

    https://betaalverzoek.rabobank.nl/betaalverzoek/?id=cMDp6oWuSAyhJfJI2lApbw

Your donations are greatly appreciated!!