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ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 7, 2000. An Israeli soldier tells an Arab bread salesman to keep moving as the Muslim men pray facing he Dome of the Rock on the friday before Id-al-Fitr, the day following the end of the month long fast of Ramadan. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 7, 2000. An Israeli soldier tells an Arab bread salesman to keep moving as the Muslim men pray facing he Dome of the Ro

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium New Year's Eve. 2000. Orthodox nuns at the Millenium Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem, birth place of Christ. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium New Year's Eve. 2000. Orthodox nuns at the Millenium Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem, birth

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. January 2000. Pilgrim at foot of stairs beside the church of the Holy Sepulchre. Stairs lead toward the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy. Pilgrims enter the church of the Holy Sepulchre to the left which houses the stone on which Christ's body was washed, and a second stone from which he rose from the dead. It was visited by hundreds of thousands of christian pilgrims of te Greek, Russian, Syrian Orthodox faiths for the millenium Christmas celebrated on January 7. The Church is shared by several denominations and orders, including the Roman catholic Jesuits who celebrate Christmas on December 25. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. January 2000. Pilgrim at foot of stairs beside the church of the Holy Sepulchre. Stairs lead toward the Gr...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Muslim Quarter, Occupied East Jerusalem. 2000. A beggar in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City strapping on her prosthetic leg. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Muslim Quarter, Occupied East Jerusalem. 2000. A beggar in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City strapping on her prosthetic leg.

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Orthodox nuns at the millenium Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem, birth place of Christ. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Orthodox nuns at the millenium Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem, birth place of Christ

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. January 7 2000. A Muslim woman walking toward the Dome of the Rock Mosque down Via Dolorosa, the road on which Christ carried his cross through ancient city of Jerusalem. On Id al-Fitr, the day following the month long fast of Ramadan, Muslims visit the Dome of the Rock Mosque before sunrise and then the adjacent cemetery on the western perimeter of the walled Old City, as the sun ascends, to place palm leaves and pray at the graves of deceased family members. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. January 7 2000. A Muslim woman walking toward the Dome of the Rock Mosque down Via Dolorosa, the road on which Christ carried his cross th...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. A pilgrim kneels in front of the stone on which Christ's body was washed after cricifixion. The church of the Holy Sepulchre which houses the stone, as well as a second stone from which he rose from the dead. It was visited by pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, and Syrian Orthodox faiths for the christmas which was celebrated by the Orthodox faiths, on January 7. The Church is shared by shared by several denominations and orders, including the Roman Catholic Jesuits who celebrate Christmas on December 25. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. A pilgrim kneels in front of the stone on which Christ's body was washed after cricifixion. The chur...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. An Arab Child with balloon following Il ad-Fitr, the day marking the month long fast of Ramadan. On this day, Muslims go to the cemetery on the western perimeter of the wall of the Old City as the sun ascends, to place palm leaves and pray at the graves of deceased family members. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. An Arab Child with balloon following Il ad-Fitr, the day marking the month long fast of Ramadan. On this day,...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium New Year's Eve. 2000. Palestinians with torches celebrate new year's eve and the new millenium. Palestinians gather in the Christian West Bank town of Bethlehem outside of the Manger square church to celebrate the Christian New Year and the coming of the Millenium. This new year's eve celebration represented the largest public event organized by palestinians since the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium New Year's Eve. 2000. Palestinians with torches celebrate new year's eve and the new millenium. Pa...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Muslim Quarter, Occupied East Jerusalem. 2000. Lone Israeli soldier on top of the wall surounding the ncient city of Jerusalem which encloses many of the most sacred Jewish, Christian and Muslim religious sites on earth. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Muslim Quarter, Occupied East Jerusalem. 2000. Lone Israeli soldier on top of the wall surounding the ncient city of Jerusalem which encloses many of ...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. Street scene near Damacus gate, entrance to the Muslim Quarter of the Old City. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. Street scene near Damacus gate, entrance to the Muslim Quarter of the Old City.

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Palestinians gather in the Christian West Bank town of Bethlehem outside of the Manger square church to celebrate the Christian New Year and the coming of the Millenium. The crowd gathered between the mosque seen in the background, and the Manger Church, the site where Christ was born. This new year's eve celebration represented the largest public event organized by palestinians since the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Palestinians gather in the Christian West Bank town of Bethlehem outside of t...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - A Palestinian child at Israeli roadblock in the first days of the new millenieum. As settlers were attempting to forcibly take control of a Palestinian field and private home in the Bequa'a Valley near Hebron, a delegation of Palestinian politicians accompanied by the Jewish Gush Shalom Peace Group composed, in part, of Holocaust survivors, attempt to cross military blocks to show support for the physically vulnerable Omar Sultan family. In the end, a handful of Palestinian politicians were allowed to pass and visit the family. In the second week of January, the Israeli Army stayed their support for the Sultan family against the invasion of Jewish settlers. Locals reported that this marked the first occassion where the Israeli Army backed a Palestinian against settlers in the Hebron area. - Larry Towell

A Palestinian child at Israeli roadblock in the first days of the new millenieum. As settlers were attempting to forcibly take control of a Palestinian field a...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. A Coptic pilgrim. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was built upon the spot of Christ's birth. Christmas Eve celebrations were simultaneously held by the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, and Syrian Orthodox faiths. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. A Coptic pilgrim. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was built up...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Mount of Olives. 2000. Postcards sellers overlooking Jerusalem on January 6, the day before the Russian Orthodox, Egyptian Coptic, and Syrian Orthodox Christmas is celebrated. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Mount of Olives. 2000. Postcards sellers overlooking Jerusalem on January 6, the day before the Russian Orthodox, Egyptian Coptic, and Sy

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 2000. Cultural diversity of Israel/Palestine. Riding a bus. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 2000. Cultural diversity of Israel/Palestine. Riding a bus.

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. A child begins the lighting of the torches by Palestinians celebrating the millenium New Years Eve. Palestinians gather in the Christian West Bank town of Bethlehem outside of the Manger square church to celebrate the Christian New Year and the coming of the Millenium. This new year's eve celebration represented the largest public event organized by palestinians since the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. A child begins the lighting of the torches by Palestinians celebrating the mi...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. A beggar waiting for alms from Muslim worshippers at Lion's Gate on the morning of Id-al-Fitr, the day following the month long fast of Ramadan. On this day, Muslim cemetery on the western perimeter of the wall of the Old City as the sun ascends, to place palm leaves and pray at the graves of deceased family members. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. A beggar waiting for alms from Muslim worshippers at Lion's Gate on the morning of Id-al-Fitr, the day followi...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. A Muslim supporting a palm branch with a rock on the gravesite of a family member in the cemetary on Id-al-Fitr, the day following the month long fast of Ramadan. In this Muslim cemetary on the western perimeter of the wall of the Old City as the sun ascends, the man places palm leaves and prays at the graves of deceased family members. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. A Muslim supporting a palm branch with a rock on the gravesite of a family member in the cemetary on Id-al-Fitr, ...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Bethlehem. Bethlehem Manger Church. 2000. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was built upon the spot of christ's birth. Christmas Eve celebrations were stimultaneously held by the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, and Syrian Orthodox Coptic churches. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Bethlehem. Bethlehem Manger Church. 2000. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was built upon the spot of christ's ...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Bethlehem. West Bank. January 6 2000. Orthodox nuns at the millenium Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem, birth place of christ. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Bethlehem. West Bank. January 6 2000. Orthodox nuns at the millenium Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem, birth place of christ. An estimated f

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Armed Fateh supporters join torch bearing civilains in the streets of Bethlehem to discharge weapons over the town of Bethlehem in celebration of the millenium New Years. Palestinians gather in the Christian West Bank town of Bethlehem outside of the Manger square church to celebrate the Christian New Year and the coming of the Millenium. This new year's eve celebration represented the largest public event organized by palestinians since the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Armed Fateh supporters join torch bearing civilains in the streets of Bethleh...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. Muslim woman with umbrella walking past Muslim cemetery entrance on Id-al-Fitr, the day following the month long fast of Ramadan. On this day, Muslim cemetery on the western perimeter of the wall of the Old City as the sun ascends, to place palm leaves and pray at the graves of deceased family members. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. Muslim woman with umbrella walking past Muslim cemetery entrance on Id-al-Fitr, the day following the month lo...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Bequa'a Valley near Hebron. West Bank. January 2000. Residents Arabs talk to Israeli soldiers in front of the home of Omar Sultan in the Bequa'a valley near Hebron in the first days of the millenium. As settlers were attempting to forcibly take control of a Palestinian field and home in the Bequa'a Valley, a delegation of Palestinian politicians accompanied by the Jewish Gush Shalom Peace Group composed, in part, of Holocaust survivors, attempt to cross military blocks to show support for the physically vulnerable Omar Sultan family. In the end, a handful of Palestinian politicians were allowed to pass and visit the family. In the second week of January, the Israeli army stated their support fo the Sultan family against the invasion of Jewish settlers. Locals reported that this marked the first occassion where the Israeli Army backed a Palestinian against settlers in the Hebron area. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Bequa'a Valley near Hebron. West Bank. January 2000. Residents Arabs talk to Israeli soldiers in front of the home of Omar Sultan in the Bequa'a val...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Bethlehem Manger Church . West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was built upon the spot of Christ's birth. Christmas Eve celebrations were simultaneously held by the Greek, Russian, Syrian Orthodox, and Coptic Churches. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Bethlehem Manger Church . West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was bui...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. A father and child wat - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. A father and child wat

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Bethlehem. Bethlehem Manger Church. 2000. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was built upon the spot of christ's birth. Christmas Eve celebrations were stimultaneously held by the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, and Syrian Orthodox Coptic churches. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Bethlehem. Bethlehem Manger Church. 2000. Christian pilgrims celebrate Christmas Eve in the Manger Church which was built upon the spot of christ's ...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. 2000. Pilgrims carry symbolic crosses down the Via Dolorosa, the road on which Christ carried his cross through the walled city of Jerusalem on his way to Golgotha. The trek ends at the Sepulchre Church which was visited by hundreds of thousands of pilgrims during the two Holy weeks between the Roman and Orthodox Christmases. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre houses the stone on which Christ's body was washed, and a second stone from which he rose from the dead. It was visited by pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, and Syrian Orthodox faiths for the christmas which was celebrated by the Orthodox faiths, on January 7. The Church is shared by shared by several denominations and orders, including the Roman Catholic Jesuits who celebrate Christmas on December 25. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Via Dolorosa. 2000. Pilgrims carry symbolic crosses down the Via Dolorosa, the road on which Christ carried his cross through the walled ...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. A Palestinian child runs through her yard just east of the sacred jewish western wall, seen in background. Just beyond that is the sacred muslim Dome of the Rock. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Occupied East Jerusalem. January 2000. A Palestinian child runs through her yard just east of the sacred jewish western wall, seen in background. Ju

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. Coptic pilgrim and priest. Pilgrims participate in the services in the church of the Holy Sepulchre which houses the stone on which Christ's body was washed, and a second stone from which he rose from the dead. It was visited by pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, and Syrian Orthodox faiths for the christmas which was celebrated by the Orthodox faiths, on January 7. The Church is shared by shared by several denominations and orders, including the Roman Catholic Jesuits who celebrate Christmas on December 25. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. Coptic pilgrim and priest. Pilgrims participate in the services in the church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. Young Catholic pilgrims. Pilgrims participated in services within the church which houses the stone on which Christ's body was washed, and a second stone from which he rose from the dead. It was visited by hundreds thousands of Christian pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, Syrian Orthodox by the Orthodox on January 7 and the Roman Catholics on December 25. The church is shared by several denominations and orders. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2000. Young Catholic pilgrims. Pilgrims participated in services within the church which houses the stone ...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. January 2000. Pilgrims follow Franciscan ceremony lead by candles. Pilgrims participated in services within the church which houses the stone on which he rose from the dead. It was visited by hundreds of thousands of christian pilgrims of the Russian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Coptic, Syrian Orthodox and Roman Catholic faiths for the millenium Christmas celebrated on January 7. The Church is shared by several denominations and orders. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. January 2000. Pilgrims follow Franciscan ceremony lead by candles. Pilgrims participated in services withi...

ISRAEL. Millenium events in Israel and the occupied territories. - ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Palestinians with torches celebrate new year's eve and the new millenium. Palestinians gather in the Christian West Bank town of Bethlehem outside of the Manger square church to celebrate the Christian New Year and the coming of the Millenium. This new year's eve celebration represented the largest public event organized by palestinians since the 1993 signing of the Oslo Accords. An estimated four million tourists and pilgrims visited the Holy Land for the millenium. - Larry Towell

ISRAEL. Manger Square. Bethlehem. West Bank. Millenium new Year's Eve. 2000. Palestinians with torches celebrate new year's eve and the new millenium. Pa...

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