East Jerusalem

 

 

Israel's Immigrant Haven

Around Tel Aviv's central bus station there is a density and diversity unlike anywhere else in Israel. Sudanese and Eritreans have crossed the dangerous land bridge through Egypt to make it to the Promised Land. Filipinos also flock to Israel to work as caretakers for elderly Israelis. Above is a picture of Chinese immigrants who have formed a small community amongst the masses.

Nablus, West Bank

A Hot Weekend in Nablus, May 2015

 

 

Nablus is famous for it's olive oil. Here a store owner tastes the oil to check the quality.

  

 

 

 

 

Nablus is known a the "kitchen of the West Bank." Men here eat Kanafeh a Palestinian dessert made of Nablusi cheese covered in pastry dough with sweet syrup and pistachios. Nablus is also known as a hotbed of opposition towards the Palestinian Authority government, and terrorism towards Israel. The graffiti in the background reads "Hamas."

Around Jerusalem

On the holiday of Lag BaOmer it customary to light bonfires. Here Haredi boys navigate through the flames.

 

 

 

Ethiopnian-Israeli Protests

Ethiopian-Israelis protest police brutality and racism in Jerusalem April 2015