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Thousands of Israelis took to the hills and parks to celebrate the holiday of Tu B'Shvat, known as the birthday of trees. The holiday marks the beginning of Spring. 8th February 20...

In an intensifying wave of religious intolerance, two cars belonging to members of the Monastery of the Cross were vandalized overnight. Car tires were slashed and they were littered wi...

Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian reporter who worked with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip from 2008 until his death 2011, is remembered in graffiti ...

More than 100 museums and cultural institutions gave access to their exhibitions, collections and art objects throughout the night, enriched by a variety of events in Berlin at the 30th...

A tribute at the Holocaust Memorial commemorating the persecution of the Jewish people during World War II. Thessaloniki, Greece. 29th January 2012

A ceremony to commemorate Holocaust victims on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day begins with a remembrance service in Kiev. Ukraine. 27th January 2012

Israelis have removed the contents of graves and disposed of them in an unknown location or locations. A court battle ensued and further actions are stopped, for now. Israel. 12th Janu...

The ultra orthodox Jewish community is quickly increasing in Jerusalem. Yoel Kreus is the leader of Eda Haredit;anti zionist movement with one goal, to fight zionism. Mea Shearim. Image...

The Islamic Human Rights Commission held their third annual Genocide Memorial Day at the School of Oriental and African Studies to remember 'man’s inhumanity to man' and raise...

Begin was the leader of the Zionist militant group Irgun or Etzel before the Jewish state's independence. Begin’s most significant achievement as prime minister was the signing of ...

The religious ceremonies of the African Jewish community in Israel. Sigd is one of the unique holidays of Beta Israel community. Celebrated on the 29th of [the Hebrew month of] Cheshvan...

The religious ceremonies of the African Jewish community in Israel. Sigd is one of the unique holidays of Beta Israel community. Celebrated on the 29th of [the Hebrew month of] Cheshvan...

File photo. Israel's rabbis try to phase out the community's white-turbaned clergy, the kessoch, who originate from Ethiopia. Kiryat Gat, Israel. 28th July 2005

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Haredim riot in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim near Kikar Hashabbat protesting arrest of six community members this morning for alleged tax offenses worth mi...

A view of the Old City of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a holy city to the three major Abrahamic religions; Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Israel. 9th January 2012

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. Although there are some standard laws which govern the layout of a synagogue, there is no set architectural design and therefore exteriors and i...

Reflections from a day spent at the Western Wall, where people can be seen in a variety of black and white outfits, observing various different religious customs and traditions. Jerusal...

Orthodox Jewish ZAKA volunteers train in first aid. ZAKA, Disaster Victim Identification, founded in 1995, is a non-governmental emergency organisation, for many, an alternative service...

Watchtowers along the "separation wall" in Bethlehem. Between the minaret and a church's bell tower a watchtower stands in odd contrast to what these religions represen...

Young ladies light a chanukkiah, an eight-branched menorah, on the eighth and last night of the holiday of Chanukah. Jerusalem, Israel. 27th December 2011.