Kids in the Old City.
What was that famous album called again? Two hints: It separates Israel and Palestine and it's not a fence.
Damascus Gate of the Old City.
Ramallah downtown.
Al-Manara (center of town).
View of Arafat's tomb in the PA compound. I believe Condi Rice was visiting that day, so they weren't giving tours. Had to snap this off quickly by placing the camera on top of a wall, shooting through a fence.
Ramallah mural of Palestinian refugees from the 1948 war, referred to as "El-Nakba" by Palestinians, or "The Catastrophe." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_exodus
The Ramallah Hisba, or vegetable market (soooooo good and soooooo cheap).
A fresh painting by British graffiti artist "Banksy," on the security fence / separation wall / apartheid wall near the Qalandia checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. The wall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_West_Bank_barrier Banksy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
A guard tower at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah (eight miles separate the cities, yet the commute takes an hour plus).
The Qalandia checkpoint in 2005 (then under construction; looks much different now, though just as menacing).
IDF soldiers checking Palestinians' ID's on a bus entering Jerusalem.
An Israeli settlement. In the West Bank. On Palestinian land. Outside Bethlehem. Illegal under international law. http://www.imemc.org/article/50391 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement
Graffiti on the Wall entering Bethlehem. (Much of Bethlehem is surrounded by the Wall, which is made of 30-foot-tall concrete slabs.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlehem
Graffiti on the Wall entering Bethlehem.
The Church of Nativity in Bethlehem.
Inside the Church of Nativity.
The spot in the Church of Nativity where Jesus is said to have been born.
Christian pilgrims in the Old City of Jerusalem.
An Orthodox Jew in the Western (Wailing) Wall complex. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall
Sign leading up to the Temple Mount.
The Dome of the Rock, where the Prophet Muhammad is said to have ascended to heaven. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock
The Dome of the Rock. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_of_the_Rock
Palestinian men on the Temple Mount.
An Israeli soldier at the Western (Wailing) Wall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall
An Orthodox Jew at the Western (Wailing) Wall. Notes fill the cracks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall
The Western (Wailing) Wall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall
Jerusalem.
The Room of the Last Supper. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Supper
Temple Mount. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount
