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Peter van Agtmael: A Decade of Documenting Israel and Palestine

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Stars of David painted on walls of the Palestinian quarter of the Old City by Jewish residents. Israelis are steadily trying to push Palestinians out eastwards towards the occupied territories. Jer (...)
Outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, the faces and names of Israelis kidnapped on October 7 are plastered on the walls and family members keep a constant vigil. Tel Aviv, Israel, October 20 (...)
A forensics specialist recounts identifying mangled and mutilated bodies during an information session as part of a press tour of Shura Base, where the victims of the October 7 attacks are being id (...)
A mass funeral on Mount Herzl of Israeli soldiers killed during the October 7 attacks at the cemetery. Jerusalem, October 2023. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Dan. Survivors of the massacre in Kibbutz Be’Eri have been relocated to the David Dead Sea Resort and Spa. Ein Bokek, Israel, October 2023. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Soldiers take cover in a bunker during a rocket attack on a refreshment station set up for soldiers of the Israeli Defense Forces near Netivot, a town near the Gaza Strip. Iron Dome missiles interc (...)
A Palestinian child sleeps under an olive tree during the harvest. Palestine, October 2020. © 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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
The annual meeting of The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group that raises money for candidates who they believe will vote in accordance with Israeli intere (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Family and friends mourn two teenagers, Luay Kaheel, 16, and Amir al-Nimra, 15, killed in an Israeli airstrike. Gaza City, Gaza, 2018. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
A watermelon stand after the 11-day 2021 war. 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 (...)
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 (...)
A procession for two teenagers, Luay Kaheel, 16, and Amir al-Nimra, 15, killed in an Israeli airstrike. Gaza City, Gaza, 2018. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Two men warm themselves by a fire in the destroyed Shujai'iya neighborhood. Gaza, 2014. © 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 (...)
An advertisement for a television station during the 2014 war. The sign reads “Iron Dome in front of the World Media.” Jerusalem, Israel, 2014. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
Caliber 3 is a training center in the West Bank that trains police officers, private security guards, and settlers as well as offering courses to tourists. Gush Etzion, Occupied West Bank, Palestin (...)
Three minutes of silence to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah). Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnum Photos
An Eritrean wedding. There are approximately 20,000 Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel, who tend to occupy the lowest socioeconomic rung in society. Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015. © Peter van Agtmael / Mag (...)
The family waiting area of Ofer Prison, which houses many Palestinians arrested for resistance activities against the Israeli occupation. Ofer, Occupied West Bank, 2013. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnu (...)
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 (...)
A resident of Nabi Saleh. Nabi Saleh, Occupied West Bank, 2013. © 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 (...)
Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli border police during the 2014 war with Gaza. Jerusalem, Israel, August 2014. © Peter van Agtmael / Magnu (...)
Palestinian school children watch Purim in Hebron. Settlers are protected by Israeli soldiers as they parade and dance through areas populated by Palestinians. Hebron, Occupied West Bank, 2014. © P (...)
Weekly protest. Nabi Saleh, Occupied West Bank, 2012 © 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 (...)
An engagement party after Friday clashes against Israeli security forces. Nabi Saleh, Occupied West Bank, 2012. © 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 (...)