The event, organised by the Israeli Embassy and sponsored by the City of Pula and Istria County, will feature, among other things, dance, music, photography and gastronomy. The project has already been presented in Pag, Zadar and Zagreb.

Culture connects people, nations and countries, and Croatia and Israel as two Mediterranean countries have a lot in common, Israeli Ambassador Yossi Amrani said.

"The Magic of Israel, Summer in Istria is an opportunity to evaluate a great contribution of Israel to European civilisation. If the Mediterranean Sea is a place of contact between different nations and civilisations, the sea that has always connected people living on its shores, then culture is more than that," Istria County head Valter Flego said, adding that the event would contribute to the promotion of the principle of multiculturalism, multilingualism and multiethnic tolerance.