Tom, a survivor of the massacre in Kibbutz Be’Eri. His ex-wife was killed and Emily, his eight-year-old daughter, is missing. Survivors of the massacre in Kibbutz Be’Eri have been relocated to the (...)
David Dead Sea Resort and Spa. More than 1,200 Israelis were killed during the October 7 attack and 239 were kidnapped. At the time of writing, more than 12,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza with no end to the war in sight. Ein Bokek, Israel, October 2023. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Opponents of Judicial reform clash with police after the Knesset passed the bill. A large number of protestors blocked a major highway. After failing to clear the protestors from the road, the poli (...)
ce brought in water cannons that sprayed a chemical agent that smelled like raw sewage to disperse the protestors.
Following six months of protests, on July 24, the Israeli Knesset passed a proposal changing the balance of power in Israel by limiting the power of the Supreme Court. The bill takes away the Court’s power to declare decisions “unreasonable.” Israel has no constitution and only one elected body, so opponents fear that limiting the Supreme Court’s power takes away the key check and balance in governance. Supporters of the bill have been angered by the court preventing some construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and striking down exemption from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews. The current government is the most right-wing in Israeli history. Jerusalem, 2023. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Protestors flee police water cannons and charging horses during a night of mass protest after the Knesset passed the Judicial Reform bill.
Following six months of protests, on July 24, the Israel (...)
i Knesset passed a proposal changing the balance of power in Israel by limiting the power of the Supreme Court. The bill takes away the Court’s power to declare decisions “unreasonable.” Israel has no constitution and only one elected body, so opponents fear that limiting the Supreme Court’s power takes away the key check and balance in governance. Supporters of the bill have been angered by the court preventing some construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and striking down exemption from military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews. The current government is the most right-wing in Israeli history. Tel Aviv, Israel, 2023. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
A Palestinian refugee holds up the shirt her son was wearing when he was killed in the Sabra and Shatila massacre. The Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila and neighboring Sabra were the site of a 1 (...)
982 massacre of thousands of Palestinian refugees by the Lebanese Christian Phalangists. Israeli Defense Forces had surrounded the camp and ordered the Lebanese militia to clear it of Palestinian fighters. When reports of the massacre began to filter back to the IDF, they did not attempt to stop it. Beirut, Lebanon, 2017. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
The Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila, the site of a 1982 massacre of thousands of Palestinian refugees by the Lebanese Christian Phalangists. Israeli Defense Forces had surrounded the camp and o (...)
rdered the Lebanese militia to clear it of Palestinian fighters. When reports of the massacre began to filter back to the IDF, they did not attempt to stop it. Beirut, Lebanon, 2017. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
A building damaged by a rocket fired by Hamas in Ashkelon. The 11-day conflict between Hamas and Israel killed 256 Palestinians, including 66 children. 13 people were killed in Israel, including 2 (...)
children. 1,900 Palestinians were injured and Israel reported at least 200 injured Israelis. Around 4,360 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, and over 90% of rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome. Israel conducted 1,500 air, land and sea strikes on Gaza. Ashkelon, Israel, 2021. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
The divided neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem. Israelis are steadily trying to push out the Palestinian residents. In May 2021, a threatened court ruling to evict four families from S (...)
heikh Jarrah was one of the catalysts for the 2021 war that left hundreds dead. The Israelis allege they are trying to reclaim houses that belonged to Jews before their 1948 expulsion, while the Palestinians claim they don’t have equal rights to do the same. Jerusalem, Israel, 2014. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
A store selling dresses continues to operate next to the ruins of the destroyed Al-Shorouq tower. The 11-day conflict between Hamas and Israel killed 256 Palestinians, including 66 children. 13 peo (...)
ple were killed in Israel, including two children. It's estimated that 1,900 Palestinians were injured and Israel reported at least 200 injured Israelis. Around 4,360 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, and over 90% of rockets were intercepted by the Israeli Iron Dome rocket defense system. Israel conducted 1,500 air, land and sea strikes on Gaza. Gaza, 2021. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
The Kerem Shalom border crossing separating Israel from Gaza. Humanitarian aid is transferred through this crossing. Normally 250 trucks pass through a day, during the war it has increased to 300 t (...)
rucks. No building materials are being transferred at the moment. Products and/or aid come from the West Bank, Egypt, Jordan, the U.S. and Europe. Kerem Shalom, Israel, August 2014. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
A building damaged by a rocket fired by Hamas in Ashkelon. The 11-day conflict between Hamas and Israel killed 256 Palestinians, including 66 children. 13 people were killed in Israel, including tw (...)
o children. It's estimated that 1,900 Palestinians were injured and Israel reported at least 200 injured Israelis. Around 4,360 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza, and over 90% of rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome. Israel conducted 1,500 air, land and sea strikes on Gaza. Ashkelon, Israel, 2021. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Schoolchildren head to class at the Sobhi Abu Karsh School in the Shujai'iya neighborhood. Operation Protective Edge lasted from July 8 to August 26, 2014, killing 2,251 Palestinians of which 1,462 (...)
are believed to be civilians. 67 Israeli soldiers and six civilians were killed. It's estimated that 4,564 rockets were fired at Israel by Palestinian militants. Gaza, 2014. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
A performance of “The Siege” by the Freedom Theatre of Jenin. The play looks at the siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem during the Second Intifada. The Freedom Theatre is a Palestinian (...)
community-based theater and cultural center located in Jenin Refugee Camp in the northern part of the West Bank. Established in 2006, the theater aims to generate cultural resistance through the fields of popular culture and art as a catalyst for social change in the occupied Palestinian territories. Ramallah, Occupied West Bank, 2015. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
The family of Anas Al-Atrash, a young Palestinian man killed at a checkpoint between Jenin and Hebron. He was returning from work at his father's shoe store. Al-Atrash was studying accounting at un (...)
iversity and had no prior criminal record. Israeli soldiers alleged that he charged them with a knife at a routine stop while eyewitnesses independently claim he was shot when he unexpectedly stepped out of his vehicle. Hebron, Occupied West Bank, 2013. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Protestors run away as Israeli soldiers fire tear gas at them. Every Friday after prayers, a mix of Palestinian and International activists march on gathered Israeli security forces. The peaceful p (...)
rotest devolves quickly into tear gas, rubber bullets and sprayed stink water from the Israelis, and rock throwing by the Palestinian youths. Nabi Saleh, Occupied West Bank, 2013. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Mohammed (also known as Abu Yazzem) in the door of his home. Residents of Nabi Saleh have been protesting the Israeli Occupation every Friday after midday prayers since 2009. The protests started a (...)
fter Israelis from the nearby settlement of Halimish took over a small spring that had been on Palestinian land. After widening the spring and adding a bench, the settlers refused to allow the Palestinians to continue using it. Nabi Saleh, Occupied West Bank, 2012. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos