*** posters depicting “barack hussein obama” wearing a keffiyeh, the trademark attire of yassir arafat, late leader of the palestinian liberation organization, with the words “anti-semitic jew-hater” were hung around the city of jerusalem shortly after president obama’s cairo speech to the muslim world. in his speech, president obama pressured israel to end its controversial [...]
“olmert’s lament” by kevin peraino, from the june 22 issue of newsweek magazine. *** i photographed former israeli prime minister ehud olmert for newsweek a few weeks back — wanting to create something a little more unique i brought along my hasselblad and 4×5 field camera. although olmert is no longer in power the man [...]
and how to make sense of it all, all the years of blood and despair? to make sense of the fact that THIS is what IT is all about, this place! and to realize that people actually LIVE here, and have — for millennia. i try to imagine the old city as it really is, [...]
