Kathmandu: The Embassy of the State of Israel in cooperation with the Biratnagar Press Club is organizing a painting exhibition entitled “Jerusalem From the Air” in Biratnagar by the end of this month.

Some thirty-two paintings depicting Jerusalem and its environs will be exhibited at the first ever-Israeli exhibition ever held in the eastern part of this Himalayan Kingdom.

The Public Affairs Division of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs has produced the exhibition, say embassy sources.

“Jerusalem-whose name, according to tradition, is derived from the two Hebrew words “ir” meaning city and “shalom” meaning peace among all men, will be the center of our exhibition”, so said the Israeli Ambassador to the Nepali court, Abraham Nir , talking to the Telegraph weekly.

“Jerusalem from the Air” that will be held in Biratnagar on November 29 and in Lumbini on December 12, and there couldn’t be better place than Nepal to display this exhibition of the city of peace, Nepal, the birthplace of Lord Buddha that was declared a zone of peace by his late Majesty King Birendra”‘, added the Ambassador.

According to the Israeli diplomat, Jerusalem is the heart of the Jewish people which is the central capital of Israel for all along more than 3,000 years.

Preparations to make the Israeli exhibition a success in Biratnagar are being given final touches, says Surendra Aryal, the vice-chairman of the Press Club there.

The branch office of the Telegraph weekly in Biratnagar is coordinating the entire affair.