World Food Day was marked differently in Arab countries this year after Israel army spokesperson for Arabic media Avichay Adraee marked the day on Facebook, which falls annually on October 16.
The spokesperson posted a photo of four famous Arab cuisines, saying: “We wanted to ask you, what your favorite food from Israeli cuisine is? Israeli Shakshouka, Israeli shawarma, Israeli hummus, and Israeli falafel."
Thousands of users from the Arab world commented on the post, lashing out at him for stealing Arab and Palestinian soil, including Egyptian actor Mohamed Henedy.
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"He will say next that Shubra is theirs," Henedy commented.
"These cuisines are older than Israeli" another user commented.
Noteworthy, World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year around the world on October 16 in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945.
The day is celebrated widely by many other organizations concerned with food security, including the World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's 20th General Conference in November 1979. The Hungarian Delegation, led by the former Hungarian Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Pál Romány, played an active role at the 20th Session of the FAO Conference and suggested the idea of celebrating the WFD worldwide. It has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries, raising awareness of the issues behind poverty and hunger.
Themes
Since 1981, World Food Day has adopted a different theme each year in order to highlight areas needed for action and provide a common focus.
Most of the themes revolve around agriculture because only investment in agriculture – together with support for education and health – will turn this situation around. The bulk of that investment will have to come from the private sector, with public investment playing a crucial role, especially in view of its facilitating and stimulating effect on private investment.
In spite of the importance of agriculture as the driving force in the economies of many developing countries, this vital sector is frequently starved of investment. In particular, foreign aid to agriculture has shown marked declines over the past 20 years.
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