 Celebrating Israeli Redeployment Deheishe Refugee Camp, 1995
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When the Israeli Army redeployed from Bethlehem, surrounding refugee camps also
celebrated new found liberation. While I took this photograph, residents of the Deheishe Refugee Camp were taking down the tall, heavy wire fence that had enclosed the area since 1967. The delight trickled down to the children, who proudly waved Palestinian flags. |
| The small posters that line the streets of Jerusalem announce concerts and
lectures, as well as the political opinions of various groups. The poster in this photograph came in response to a fiery speech Yasser Arafat delivered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in which he promised a Jihad (Holy War) for Jerusalem. This poster exhorts Israel to wake up. |  Jihad for Jerusalem Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, 1993
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 Shuhada Street Hebron, 1995
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Shuhada Street was one of the most disputed areas in the Hebron negotiations.
Its proximity to the Arab market and the Jewish residences in the city makes it
both an important and troublesome thoroughfare. Closed to most traffic, the
nearly isolated street radiates a feeling of tension for both Israelis and
Palestinians. This photograph was taken as an Israeli family walked home from a demonstration that protested former Prime Minister's Yitzhak Rabin's peace policies. |
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Most of the images that depict interactions between Israeli soldiers and
Palestinians highlight violent confrontations. But sometimes, between the
beatings and stone throwing incidents, moments of real humanity occur. This photo, taken at the security checkpoint between Bethlehem and Jerusalem, shows Israeli soldiers assisting an elderly Palestinian on his way to Jerusalem for Friday prayers during the Moslem Holy Month of Ramadan. |  Ramadan - Bethlehem/Jerusalem Checkpoint, 1996
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 Memorial for Rabin Kikar Malchei Yisrael (Renamed Kikar Rabin), 1995
| On the night of November 4, I read an article in the Jerusalem Report just
before falling asleep. The article started with the words, "Yitzhak Rabin, you
don't have long to live..." and told the story of a group of religious Jews who
had placed a death curse on the Prime Minister. A couple of hours later, the
phone rang. It was a friend informing me that someone had killed Yitzhak Rabin.
For a few minutes, I couldn't decide if this was real or a dream. For the next few days, I, like most Israelis, walked in a daze with a heavy and shattered heart. This photograph was taken in the square where the late Prime Minister was killed. |
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After the signing of the Peace Accords, one of the first steps towards Palestinian
autonomy was the redeployment of the Israeli Army from Jericho and the
arrival of the first Palestinian police. Since the defeat of the Jordanians in the Six Day War, no Arab police had been permitted in the West Bank. Palestinian children had never known the pride of having their own police patrolling their streets, until this day.
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 First Palestinian Police Wecomed Into Jericho, 1994
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 Settlement, Har Bracha 1991
| I come from the rural state of West Virginia where there is a small Jewish population. Consequently, I rarely meet people from my home state in Israel. The woman in this photograph is a fellow West Virginian - we had little in common.
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