Monday, December 28, 2009

Havat Gilad outpost.





















Sunday, December 27, 2009

Ultra Orthotox protest




Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during a large protest held at the Intel high-tech facility in Jerusalem, Israel late on 27 December 2009. The facility manufactures high-tech silicon chips and has been the object of previous protests by the Hasidic community protesting that the plant operates on the Jewish Sabbath, Friday night to Saturday night. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Christmas




Palestinians walk past a graffiti descripting a "Christmas tree under siege" near Israel's separation barrier in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. In 2009, some 2 million tourists visited the Palestinian territories, or four times the 2007 figure, and 80 percent came to Bethlehem, said the Palestinian tourism minister, Khuloud Deibes. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Construction


A palestinian worker walks on the top of a roof in a construction site of the Beitar Illit settlement on December 06 2009. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

Clashes


A masked Palestinian hurls stones at Israeli police during clashes in Jerusalem's old city on October 25, 2009. Clashes erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians in and around the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the latest violence to shake Jerusalem's flashpoint site holy to Muslims and Jews. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Meditation


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Fresh identity cards


Young French adults who have immigrated to Israel scream with joy as they get their Israeli idnentity cards during a ceremony in the Jewish agency building in Jerusalem on 14 October 2009. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Benjamin Netanyahu




Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu makes to a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, Israeli Parliament, on October 12 2009. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Pushing hard


An Israeli push a shopping trolley full of empty cans that he collects for money on Dizingof street on October 08 2009 in Tel Aviv. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Everyday life hallucination in Jerusalem


An Israeli police border officer Secures Post office women workers during a parade in the Palestinian village of Silwan on October 06 2009 in east Jerusalem. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Digital touch


An Israeli man hugs his girlfriend as she withdrows money from an atm machine in a street of Tel Aviv on October 06 2009. Phot by Olivier Fitoussi.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Sukkot


Ultra orthodox Jewish men check myrtle branches for blemishes to determine if they are ritually acceptable before buying them as one of the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Ultra orthodox Jewish men check myrtle branches for blemishes to determine if they are ritually acceptable before buying them as one of the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the Mea Shearim ultra-orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept 29, 2009Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Monday, September 28, 2009

Malkot


An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man lightly whips a Jewish man inside a 'yeshiva,' or religious seminary, in Jerusalem on Sunday, 27 September 2009 prior to the start of the high Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Kaparot



An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man swings a chicken, later to be slaughtered as part of the Kaparot ritual in which it is believed that one transfers one's sins from the past year into the chicken, in Mea Shearim religious neighborhood in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009. The ritual is performed before the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish year which starts at sundown Sunday. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Palestian 30 years old Jenin



30 years old, pharmacist, she stands in the weight room of her husband and poses for a portrait in her House in Djenin. Photos by Olivier Fitousssi..

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Al-aqsa, east side story.









The al-Aqsa Mosque is one of the three holiest place in the world also known as the Temple Mount and considered the holiest site in Judaism, since it is believed to be where the Temple in Jerusalem. Photos by Olivier Fitoussi.




Monday, August 17, 2009

Business is the solution




Rezq el Jabari (left), a grape seller and Michel Murciano, a wine-grower make business i a winery in the surrounding area of Hebron on September 16 2009. Photos by Olivier Fitoussi.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Saturday afternoon soccer game or Protest? make your Choice...




Israeli border policemen scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews during a demonstration against the opening of a car park during the Sabbath, outside Jerusalem's old city walls on July 11, 2009. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.

Friday, July 10, 2009

Elia Suliman.


Palestinian-Israeli film director and actor Elia Suliman pose for a picture outside the Al-Kasaba theatre and cinematheque in Ramallah before the sneak preview of his film "Le temps qu il reste. " on July 10. 2008 in the city of Ramallah. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.