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U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem as deadly clashes continue on the border with Gaza : Photo Lior Mizrahi: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 14 May 2018
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U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem as deadly clashes continue on the border with Gaza : Photo @spencerplatt1 Lior Mizrahi: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 14 May 2018
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Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, and Ivanka Trump at the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on 14 May: photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
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'I feel upset over what is happening. At the same time I continue to do my job': Reuters photographer Ibraheem Abu Mustafa on covering the Gaza Strip, his home and his subject. Photo Ibraheem Abu Mustafa: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
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When @Reuters photographer Ibraheem Abu Mustafa set off to cover the protests in Gaza he met an acquaintance. 'This morning, I said 'Hi' to a man ... By the end of the day I was at his funeral.' More from a Gaza photographer in 'a place of death': image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
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Palestinians run for cover from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces.: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 14 May 2018
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A Palestinian woman waves her national flag during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 14 May 2018
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Palestinians set tyres on fire near Gaza-Israel border in Khan Yunis, Gaza.: photo by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
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Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018 ![]()
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On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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When your Nokia phone stops a projectile and saves your life. Seen at the field clinic near Gaza city.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
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Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
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Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
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#Nicaragua Students of the Autonomous National University of Nicaragua (UNAN), who are demanding justice, democracy and the departure of President Daniel Ortega, fire a handmade mortar during a demonstration at the UNAN premises in Managua. #AFPphoto by Diana Ulloa: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 Russian model Natasha Poly arrives for the screening of the film "BlacKkKlansman" Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 US model Bella Hadid Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 Australian actress and President of the Jury Cate Blanchett Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 Canadian model Winnie Harlow Photo Anne-Christine Poujoulat #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 Japanese actor Masahiro Higashide and Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi help Japanese actress Erika Karata after her heel got stuck in her dress Photo @ValeryHache #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
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#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
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MEDITERRANEAN SEA - A migrant rests on the deck of the MV Aquarius as it sails into the Sicilian port of Messina Photo @lgouliam #AFP:image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 15 May 2018
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Jerusalem, Israel. Guests attend the ceremony for the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem. Donald Trump’s administration will officially transfer the ambassador’s offices to the consulate building and use it temporarily as the new embassy in Jerusalem: photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
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WEST BANK - An Israeli border guard takes a picture of another guard in Ramallah, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem. Photo @Abbasmomani #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 May 2018
U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem as deadly clashes continue on the border with Gaza : Photo Lior Mizrahi: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 14 May 2018
epa editor's choice 14 May 2018: #USEmbassyJerusalem #protest #Palestinian #Gaza #GazaStrip #Palestine #USA #epaphotos epa/efe Photo epa-efe / Luca Piergiovanni: image via epaphotos @epaphotos, 14 May 2018
XYMPHORA: Monday, May 14, 2018
Blood libel
They are celebrating the embassy move as only they can, with a full-out Khazar massacre following their deepest and most profound ancient traditions as a supremacist group: "Live Blog: Massacre in Gaza as US and Israel celebrate embassy move to Jerusalem". Various aspects of this rite are called the 'blood libel', the Khazar requirement for the blood of the goyim, particularly the blood of children, to consecrate a monument or sacred event.
U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem as deadly clashes continue on the border with Gaza : Photo @spencerplatt1 Lior Mizrahi: image via Getty Images News @GettyImagesNews, 14 May 2018
Steven Mnuchin, the US treasury secretary, and Ivanka Trump at the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on 14 May: photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
Senior White House Adviser Ivanka Trump stands next to the dedication plaque during the opening of the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem: Photo Ronen Zvulun: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
Palestinian demonstrators run for cover during a protest against the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem at the Israel-Gaza border: Photo Ibraheem Abu Mustafa: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018,
'I feel upset over what is happening. At the same time I continue to do my job': Reuters photographer Ibraheem Abu Mustafa on covering the Gaza Strip, his home and his subject. Photo Ibraheem Abu Mustafa: image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
When @Reuters photographer Ibraheem Abu Mustafa set off to cover the protests in Gaza he met an acquaintance. 'This morning, I said 'Hi' to a man ... By the end of the day I was at his funeral.' More from a Gaza photographer in 'a place of death': image via Reuters Pictures @reuterspictures, 14 May 2018
Palestinians carry a demonstrator injured during the clashes.: photo by Mahmud Hams/AFP, 14 May 2018
“I’m here because of our land that we want back. We have nothing to lose,” said 25-year-old Mohammed Nabieh, who said he was the descendant of refugees from a village near the Israeli city of Ashdod. “Nobody cares about us. Why should we wait to die slowly?”
Netanyahu said Monday was a “glorious day”. “Remember this moment. This is history. President Trump, by recognising history you have made history,” he said to applause.
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Israel faces outcry over Gaza killings during Jerusalem embassy protests: Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel obliged to ‘defend its borders’ after dozens of protesters die during Gaza’s bloodiest day since 2014 war: Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Gaza City, The Guardian, 14 May 2018
Israel faced international condemnation after Gaza had its bloodiest day in years on Monday when Israeli forces killed 55 Palestinians and wounded at least 1,200 during protests against the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.
The funerals of those killed are expected to take place in the coastal enclave today, coinciding with the day Palestinians mark the “Nakba”, or catastrophe, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.
The UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, decried Monday’s “shocking killing of dozens”, saying “those responsible for outrageous human rights violations must be held to account”.
Turkey said it would recall its ambassadors to the US and Israel, and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, described Israel’s actions as “genocide”. South Africa also recalled its ambassador in protest at the “violent aggression carried out by Israeli armed forces”.
French president Emmanuel Macron “condemned the violence of the Israeli armed forces against protesters” in a telephone conversation with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. He also reaffirmed criticism of the US decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem.
Kuwait requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which diplomats later told AFP the US had blocked.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, joined the US in blaming Hamas for the deaths, and defended his country’s use of force, saying “every country has the obligation to defend its borders”.
The violent scenes on Monday contrasted sharply with the glossy inauguration of Washington’s new mission about 60 miles away in an affluent Jerusalem neighbourhood.
The US president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, celebrated the opening to clapping and cheering from American and Israeli VIPs.
In Gaza’s hospitals, dozens of casualties were in a critical condition, and medics said the dead included a 14-year-old boy. There were reports that a man in a wheelchair who had been pictured using a slingshot had also been killed.
The sky was blackened with thick smoke as protesters lit tyres. Intermittent sniper fire was heard and crowds of protesters were seen rushing towards the fence, although Israel’s military said none had managed to breach it.
Fury and desperation at Trump’s December declaration on the embassy helped to ignite the six-week protest movement. To international condemnation, Israeli snipers have regularly fired on demonstrators in past rallies. Monday’s shootings raised the total deaths close to 100 and made it the bloodiest day in the coastal enclave since the 2014 war.
Gaza’s rulers Hamas has fought three conflicts with Israel but say they support peaceful ideals advocated by civilian protest leaders.
Donald Trump,who had tweeted that Monday was a “great day for Israel”, did not attend the embassy opening but spoke in a video message, saying he extended “a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians and to all of their neighbours. May there be peace.”
Amnesty International criticised the bloodshed as “another horrific example of the Israeli military using excessive force and live ammunition in a totally deplorable way”.
At the ceremony in Jerusalem, Washington’s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, stood on a stage painted with the US flag and said:“Today’s historic event is attributed to the vision, courage, and moral clarity of one person to whom we owe an enormous and eternal debt of gratitude: President Donald J Trump.” The crowd cheered and gave a standing ovation.
The only direct reference to the bloodshed came from Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who said: “As we have seen from the protests of the last month and even today those provoking violence are part of the problem and not part of the solution.”
In Washington, the White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah was repeatedly challenged to condemn the Israeli response. “We believe Hamas is responsible for these tragic deaths,” he told reporters. “Their rather cynical exploitation of the situation is what’s leading to these deaths and we want it stopped.”
Israel has portrayed the protests as a terrorist ploy by Hamas. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s education minister, told Israel Radio that anyone who approached the fence would be considered a terrorist. A foreign ministry spokesman labelled protesters “murderous rioters”.
The army said it had almost doubled the number of troops surrounding Gaza and in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
The Israel Defence Forces said in a statement: “The rioters are hurling firebombs and explosive devices towards the security fence and IDF forces, and are burning tires, throwing rocks and launching flaming objects in order to ignite fires in Israeli territory and harm IDF troops.”
The funerals of those killed are expected to take place in the coastal enclave today, coinciding with the day Palestinians mark the “Nakba”, or catastrophe, commemorating the more than 700,000 Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation.
The UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, decried Monday’s “shocking killing of dozens”, saying “those responsible for outrageous human rights violations must be held to account”.
Turkey said it would recall its ambassadors to the US and Israel, and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, described Israel’s actions as “genocide”. South Africa also recalled its ambassador in protest at the “violent aggression carried out by Israeli armed forces”.
French president Emmanuel Macron “condemned the violence of the Israeli armed forces against protesters” in a telephone conversation with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan’s King Abdullah II. He also reaffirmed criticism of the US decision to move the embassy to Jerusalem.
Kuwait requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which diplomats later told AFP the US had blocked.
Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, joined the US in blaming Hamas for the deaths, and defended his country’s use of force, saying “every country has the obligation to defend its borders”.
The violent scenes on Monday contrasted sharply with the glossy inauguration of Washington’s new mission about 60 miles away in an affluent Jerusalem neighbourhood.
The US president’s daughter, Ivanka Trump, celebrated the opening to clapping and cheering from American and Israeli VIPs.
In Gaza’s hospitals, dozens of casualties were in a critical condition, and medics said the dead included a 14-year-old boy. There were reports that a man in a wheelchair who had been pictured using a slingshot had also been killed.
The sky was blackened with thick smoke as protesters lit tyres. Intermittent sniper fire was heard and crowds of protesters were seen rushing towards the fence, although Israel’s military said none had managed to breach it.
Fury and desperation at Trump’s December declaration on the embassy helped to ignite the six-week protest movement. To international condemnation, Israeli snipers have regularly fired on demonstrators in past rallies. Monday’s shootings raised the total deaths close to 100 and made it the bloodiest day in the coastal enclave since the 2014 war.
Gaza’s rulers Hamas has fought three conflicts with Israel but say they support peaceful ideals advocated by civilian protest leaders.
Donald Trump,who had tweeted that Monday was a “great day for Israel”, did not attend the embassy opening but spoke in a video message, saying he extended “a hand in friendship to Israel, the Palestinians and to all of their neighbours. May there be peace.”
Amnesty International criticised the bloodshed as “another horrific example of the Israeli military using excessive force and live ammunition in a totally deplorable way”.
At the ceremony in Jerusalem, Washington’s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, stood on a stage painted with the US flag and said:“Today’s historic event is attributed to the vision, courage, and moral clarity of one person to whom we owe an enormous and eternal debt of gratitude: President Donald J Trump.” The crowd cheered and gave a standing ovation.
The only direct reference to the bloodshed came from Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who said: “As we have seen from the protests of the last month and even today those provoking violence are part of the problem and not part of the solution.”
In Washington, the White House deputy press secretary Raj Shah was repeatedly challenged to condemn the Israeli response. “We believe Hamas is responsible for these tragic deaths,” he told reporters. “Their rather cynical exploitation of the situation is what’s leading to these deaths and we want it stopped.”
Israel has portrayed the protests as a terrorist ploy by Hamas. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s education minister, told Israel Radio that anyone who approached the fence would be considered a terrorist. A foreign ministry spokesman labelled protesters “murderous rioters”.
The army said it had almost doubled the number of troops surrounding Gaza and in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
The Israel Defence Forces said in a statement: “The rioters are hurling firebombs and explosive devices towards the security fence and IDF forces, and are burning tires, throwing rocks and launching flaming objects in order to ignite fires in Israeli territory and harm IDF troops.”
Israel’s military said its troops had killed three “terrorists” attempting to place an explosive device adjacent to the fence in the southern area of the strip “under the cover of violent riots”.
Hamas has encouraged and funded the protests and said it would not stop people from attempting to break the metal fence. Loudspeakers at the frontier called for people to push through as Israeli drones dropped teargas on the crowds.
Until this week, no Israeli had been harmed since protests began on 30 March. An IDF spokesman, Lt Col Jonathan Conricus, said one soldier had been “slightly wounded by shrapnel” on Monday but he did not have details on the source of the injury.
No one had crossed the fence despite several attempts, Conricus said. “Our troops have not taken any sustained direct fire,” he added.
Protest organisers have called for an end to a decade-old Israeli-imposed blockade, and for Palestinian refugees and their descendants to be allowed to return to their ancestral homes.
Mosques in Gaza called for people to protest as a general strike was observed. Buses ferried residents to the perimeter. Black clouds billowed from piles of burning tyres – which organisers say are used as a smokescreen against Israeli snipers. People have been shot tens of metres from the fence.
“I’m here because of our land that we want back. We have nothing to lose,” said 25-year-old Mohammed Nabieh, who said he was the descendant of refugees from a village near the Israeli city of Ashdod. “Nobody cares about us. Why should we wait to die slowly?”
Large protests also took place throughout the occupied West Bank and inside Jerusalem at the same time as the embassy event.
Trump's Jerusalem declaration dismayed Palestinians, who see East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state. The holy city has been one of the most contentious issues in past negotiations, and broad international consensus has been that its status will be settled under a peace deal, although Trump has said Jerusalem is now “off the table”.
About 800 people attended the inauguration ceremony for the Jerusalem embassy. US ambassador Friedman, has moved his office from Tel Aviv into what had been a US consulate building.
Many Israelis have praised the decision to move the diplomatic mission. The Friends of Zion Museum has put up posters in Jerusalem saying: “Make Israel Great Again” and US flags have been hung from buildings in the city.
Netanyahu said Monday was a “glorious day”. “Remember this moment. This is history. President Trump, by recognising history you have made history,” he said to applause.
Palestinians run for cover from tear gas during clashes with Israeli security forces.: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 14 May 2018
A Palestinian woman waves her national flag during clashes with Israeli forces near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip: photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP, 14 May 2018
Palestinians set tyres on fire near Gaza-Israel border in Khan Yunis, Gaza.: photo by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Then comes the most difficult part of the day: Family members rush to identify their loved ones at a morgue, clear the documents and retrieve it so that they may prepare the body for proper ceremonial rites, prayers and burial. But first they mourn.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
On to the protest front: Protesters burn rubber tires meant to reduce visibility for Israeli forces. Then they take out barb wire fence and try to drag it out. To be fair, they also fling plenty of solid projectiles towards the border. Then comes the volley of tear gas canisters.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Sometimes if there are no medics nearby due to the size of the protest, volunteers would haul the wounded and some variety transportation would show up. This time, a horse and a cart.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Every time I hear a certain *crack* sound, someone falls, screams ensue, blood stain the ground, people rush to their aid, then carried in a stretcher, and then ambulance to a field clinic.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Second dispatch: At least 52 Palestinians dead, more than 2,200 wounded at Gaza border as U.S. moves embassy to Jerusalem.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Death toll in Gaza today rises to 52, over 2,400 wounded. At Shifa hospital a doctor who worked there for 17 years said he had never seen a day like this.: image via Sharif Kouddous @sharifkouddous, 14 May 2018
When your Nokia phone stops a projectile and saves your life. Seen at the field clinic near Gaza city.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 14 May 2018
Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
Funeral service for Jamal Abdul-Rahman Affana, 15, who died from his wounds sustained from last Friday's protest on the border fence separating Israel and Gaza.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 13 May 2018
The most interesting moment came after this protester braved rounds of tear gas, ran into smoke column from the burning tires near the border fence, risked getting hurt from gunfire, to take a selfie. #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
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Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
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Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
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Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
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Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
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First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
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First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
And mutual fear brings peace;
Till the selfish loves increase.
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears:
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Catterpiller and Fly,
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The Gods of the earth and sea,
Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the Human Brain.
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This photo of Fadi Abu Saleh, a Palestinian in Gaza confronting Israeli soldiers, was widely circulated last week. Israeli troops shot him dead today.: image via Alex Kane @alexbkane, 14 May 2018
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Il y a 70 ans, David Ben Gourion proclamait officiellement la naissance de l'État d'Israël: image via AFP Archives @AFPArchives, 14 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Projectiles were flung, tires were burned, flags were waived, canisters of tear gas were volleyed and gunfire ensued when the crowd got too close to the border fence.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
Gazans used a hook and pull tactic to remove the barb wire fence which was protecting the border fence. Loud cheers ensued as the barb wire dragged through the sand and kicked up a dust cloud.: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
First dispatch from the Gaza Strip: At least one killed, hundreds injured as Gazans protest near Israel border for #GreatMarchOfReturn: image via Marcus Yam @yamphoto, 11 May 2018
William Blake: The Human Abstract
Pity would be no more,
If we did not make somebody Poor:
And Mercy no more could be,
If all were as happy as we;
If we did not make somebody Poor:
And Mercy no more could be,
If all were as happy as we;
And mutual fear brings peace;
Till the selfish loves increase.
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.
He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears:
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.
Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Catterpiller and Fly,
Feed on the Mystery.
And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.
The Gods of the earth and sea,
Sought thro' Nature to find this Tree
But their search was all in vain:
There grows one in the Human Brain.
William Blake (1757-1827): The Human Abstract, from Songs of Experience, 1794
This photo of Fadi Abu Saleh, a Palestinian in Gaza confronting Israeli soldiers, was widely circulated last week. Israeli troops shot him dead today.: image via Alex Kane @alexbkane, 14 May 2018
Mohammad Alsaafin Retweeted yasser fathi qudih
Mohammad Alsaafin added,
The photographer who took this shot of a Palestinian hitting a tear gas canister with a tennis racket is Yasser Qudih. He's in critical condition after being shot by Israeli snipers today. (via @MarahWadia)
image via Mohammad Alsaafin @malsaafin, 14 May 2018
Il y a 70 ans, David Ben Gourion proclamait officiellement la naissance de l'État d'Israël: image via AFP Archives @AFPArchives, 14 May 2018
#Nicaragua Students of the Autonomous National University of Nicaragua (UNAN), who are demanding justice, democracy and the departure of President Daniel Ortega, fire a handmade mortar during a demonstration at the UNAN premises in Managua. #AFPphoto by Diana Ulloa: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Russian model Natasha Poly arrives for the screening of the film "BlacKkKlansman" Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US model Bella Hadid Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Australian actress and President of the Jury Cate Blanchett Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Canadian model Winnie Harlow Photo Anne-Christine Poujoulat #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 Japanese actor Masahiro Higashide and Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi help Japanese actress Erika Karata after her heel got stuck in her dress Photo @ValeryHache #AFP: image via AFP Photo @AFPphoto, 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
#cannes2018 US actress and member of the Feature Film Jury Kristen Stewart removes her shoes on the red carpet Photo @albertopizzoli #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP 14 May 2018
MEDITERRANEAN SEA - A migrant rests on the deck of the MV Aquarius as it sails into the Sicilian port of Messina Photo @lgouliam #AFP:image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 15 May 2018
פעילי הזרוע הצבאית של החמא״ס פרוסים ברחובות, לצורך אכיפת השביתה הכללית. כדי שכולם יגיעו לגדר
נלחמים בלהבות
Hamas military wing operatives are deployed in Rehovot to enforce the general strike: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
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לוחמות קרקל בגבול עזה Fighting the flames: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
לוחמות קרקל בגבול עזה Fighting on the Gaza border: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
וגם צבי אחד שנמלט מהאש. And one deer escaped from the fire.: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
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הכנות למהדורה. שלמה אשכנזי המפיק הכל יכול Preparing for the broadcast. Shlomo Ashkenazi is the omnipotent producer.: image via nir dvori @ndvori, 14 May 2018
Jerusalem, Israel. Guests attend the ceremony for the transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem. Donald Trump’s administration will officially transfer the ambassador’s offices to the consulate building and use it temporarily as the new embassy in Jerusalem: photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images, 14 May 2018
14 May
Toppling house on sliding hillside tilted
a bit more abruptly than new-normal creeping landfill hillside subsidence ground-sag
not built on firm foundations in tectonic
at about midnight with shock
impact
of metal on metal. House rockd. Heart stopt
Cats silently
scatterd
as happens every time broken
glass in street reported A next dark morn out catfeeding
the two sisters
and later on in the long closing day of fog and blood clot upon the freeway feeder
Israel faced international condemnation after
the 7.15 PM quake
seemd like business as usual.
Thexpense of spirit in a waste
of shame. Leaden cloud bank w eerie pink underside hanging offshore over golden gate
fields at sundown.
not built on firm foundations in tectonic
at about midnight with shock
impact
of metal on metal. House rockd. Heart stopt
Cats silently
scatterd
as happens every time broken
glass in street reported A next dark morn out catfeeding
the two sisters
and later on in the long closing day of fog and blood clot upon the freeway feeder
Israel faced international condemnation after
the 7.15 PM quake
seemd like business as usual.
Thexpense of spirit in a waste
of shame. Leaden cloud bank w eerie pink underside hanging offshore over golden gate
fields at sundown.
WEST BANK - An Israeli border guard takes a picture of another guard in Ramallah, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem. Photo @Abbasmomani #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 14 May 2018