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צילום: אחמד גיראבלי

Photography: Ahmad Gharabli

Local Testimony 2022

Gallery

2022

  • Leah Abir, artistic director of the Arad Center of Contemporary Art, founder and joint editor of the magazine “Tohu”, and curator of Local Testimony 2022
    Dr. Housni Alkhateeb Shehada, head of the Department of Plastic Arts at Levinsky College of Education and lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
    Maya Anner, curator and researcher in the field of photography
    Galia Gur Zeev, photographer, curator and Local Testimony board member
    Ilan Itzhayek, journalist and editor in the Yedioth Ahronoth Group and head of the journalism track at Sapir College
    Dr. Liat Lavi, researcher and head of the Masters degree program in visual communication at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem
    Guy Raz, curator of photography, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
    Dr. Rotem Rozental, CEO of the Los Angeles Center of Photography
    Dr. Orly Shevi, lecturer in the Department of Art History at Tel Aviv University and the Department of Visual Communication at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem


Photo of the year

ITAI RON

Ultra-Orthodox youth viewing the funeral of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky after climbing a tree because of the massive crowds.

Bnei Brak

20 March 2022

News

Police face off with mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during a military operation in Jenin.

1st prize

Single

News

MAYA LEVIN

Police face off with mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed during a military operation in Jenin.

DEMOCRACY PRIZE, “SHOMRIM” - THE CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY

Palestinian demonstrators arrested during conflicts with the Israel Police in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound.

2nd prize

Single

News

AP

ARIEL SCHALIT

Palestinian demonstrators arrested during conflicts with the Israel Police in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound.

Far-right activists beating an elderly Palestinian woman and spraying her with mace during the Flag Parade on Jerusalem Day.

3rd prize

Single

News

QUIQUE KIERSZENBAUM

Far-right activists beating an elderly Palestinian woman and spraying her with mace during the Flag Parade on Jerusalem Day.

After the first night of Passover and the month of Ramadan, riots and conflicts between the Israel
Police and Palestinians broke out on the Temple Mount and in the Al Aqsa Mosque

1st prize

Series

News

AFP

AHMAD GHARABLI

After the first night of Passover and the month of Ramadan, riots and conflicts between the Israel
Police and Palestinians broke out on the Temple Mount and in the Al Aqsa Mosque

Thousands of right-wing activists and settlers attempt to reestablish the Homesh settlement, which was
evacuated during the 2005 disengagement.

2nd prize

Series

News

AMIR LEVY

Haaretz

Thousands of right-wing activists and settlers attempt to reestablish the Homesh settlement, which was
evacuated during the 2005 disengagement.

Far-right activists beating an elderly Palestinian woman and spraying her with mace during the Flag Parade on Jerusalem Day.

Single

News

ISRAEL HAYOM

OREN BEN HAKOON

Far-right activists beating an elderly Palestinian woman and spraying her with mace during the Flag Parade on Jerusalem Day.

Border Police and dog handlers combing the area in search of traces of six security prisoners who escaped
from Gilboa Prison.

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News

GETTY IMAGES

AMIR LEVY

Border Police and dog handlers combing the area in search of traces of six security prisoners who escaped
from Gilboa Prison.

Israeli security forces at work near the scene of the shooting attack in Dizengoff St., in which three citizens were killed and six wounded

Single

News

REUTERS

CORINNA KERN

Israeli security forces at work near the scene of the shooting attack in Dizengoff St., in which three citizens were killed and six wounded

Friends of Yehuda Dimentman, who was killed in a shooting attack in the Homesh settlement, at his funeral in the Givat Shaul cemetery.

Single

News

CONTACT PRESS IMAGES

KOBI WOLF

Friends of Yehuda Dimentman, who was killed in a shooting attack in the Homesh settlement, at his funeral in the Givat Shaul cemetery.

Ettya Dimentman, wife of Yehuda Dimentman who was killed in a shooting attack in the Homesh settlement, at his funeral in the Givat Shaul cemetery

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News

CONTACT PRESS IMAGES

KOBI WOLF

Ettya Dimentman, wife of Yehuda Dimentman who was killed in a shooting attack in the Homesh settlement, at his funeral in the Givat Shaul cemetery

Rockets fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip during the Breaking Dawn operation.

Single

News

AP

Ariel Schalit

Rockets fired on Israel from the Gaza Strip during the Breaking Dawn operation.

Far-right activists beating an elderly Palestinian woman and spraying her with mace during the Flag Parade on Jerusalem Day.

Single

News

HAARETZ

Ohad Zwigenberg

Far-right activists beating an elderly Palestinian woman and spraying her with mace during the Flag Parade on Jerusalem Day.

Liron Dror, mother of Goni who was murdered by her father, with other family members of murdered women at a demonstration in front of Yair Lapid’s house.

Single

News

CADYA LEVY

Liron Dror, mother of Goni who was murdered by her father, with other family members of murdered women at a demonstration in front of Yair Lapid’s house.

IDF special units searching streets and residential buildings in Tel Aviv for a terrorist who killed three people
in an attack in Dizengoff St.

Single

News

FLASH 90

NOAM REVKIN FENTON

IDF special units searching streets and residential buildings in Tel Aviv for a terrorist who killed three people
in an attack in Dizengoff St.

Zaka emergency response personnel at work at the scene of a shooting attack in which five 
people were killed.

Single

News

Contact Press Image

Kobi Wolf

Zaka emergency response personnel at work at the scene of a shooting attack in which five
people were killed.

Members of the Israel Police at thefuneral of their colleague, Amir Khoury, a Christian Arab policeman who was killed in a stand-off with a Palestinian terrorist during an attack in Bnei Brak, in which four civilians were also killed.

Single

News

AP

Ariel Schalit

Members of the Israel Police at thefuneral of their colleague, Amir Khoury, a Christian Arab policeman who was killed in a stand-off with a Palestinian terrorist during an attack in Bnei Brak, in which four civilians were also killed.

After the “change government” lost its majority, and in accordance with the law for the dissolution of the Knesset, a vote was held with the result that elections were called for the fifth time in three and a half years. As specified in the coalition agreement, Yair Lapid replaced Naftali Bennett and was appointed as caretaker
Prime Minister.

Single

News

HAARETZ

Ohad Zwigenberg

After the “change government” lost its majority, and in accordance with the law for the dissolution of the Knesset, a vote was held with the result that elections were called for the fifth time in three and a half years. As specified in the coalition agreement, Yair Lapid replaced Naftali Bennett and was appointed as caretaker
Prime Minister.

Daily Life

Potrtaits

Culture and Art

The David Ben Gurion Library.

1st prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

DOR PAZUELO

The David Ben Gurion Library.

The photographer Micha Bar-Am and his wife Orna in their home archive containing about half a million photos, organized and preserved by Orna.

2nd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

AVISHAG SHAAR-YASHUV

FOR HAARETZ

The photographer Micha Bar-Am and his wife Orna in their home archive containing about half a million photos, organized and preserved by Orna.

Arlosoroff light rail station.

3rd prize

Single

Urbanism and culture

DAFNA TALMON

Arlosoroff light rail station.

A shortage of space in Israel’s cemeteries has led to the construction of multi-story grave buildings and underground halls, creating a necropolis-like landscape.

1st prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

JONATHAN BLOOM

A shortage of space in Israel’s cemeteries has led to the construction of multi-story grave buildings and underground halls, creating a necropolis-like landscape.

A Ballroom event in the YMCA hotel. Ballroom events began in New York in the 1960s with the objective of allowing men and women - black, Latin and LGBTQ - to express themselves freely.

2nd prize

Series

Urbanism and culture

Haaretz

Ohad Zwigenberg

A Ballroom event in the YMCA hotel. Ballroom events began in New York in the 1960s with the objective of allowing men and women - black, Latin and LGBTQ - to express themselves freely.

The Harajuku fashion from Japan includes the category Lolita, featuring clothing which is childlike, cute and
colorful. A community of young people has brought the fashion to Israel.

Single

Urbanism and culture

CADYA LEVY

The Harajuku fashion from Japan includes the category Lolita, featuring clothing which is childlike, cute and
colorful. A community of young people has brought the fashion to Israel.

Light rail construction workers on a break.

Single

Urbanism and culture

CADYA LEVY

Light rail construction workers on a break.

Erez Biton, poet and Israel Prize laureate for literature and poetry.

Single

Urbanism and culture

Avishag Shaar-Yashuv

for Haaretz

Erez Biton, poet and Israel Prize laureate for literature and poetry.

Nature and Environment

A wild boar encounters a newspaper reader in the Manya Shochat Garden.

1st prize

Single

Nature and environment

YAIR GIL

A wild boar encounters a newspaper reader in the Manya Shochat Garden.

A young wild ass refuses to abandon his mother’s body after she was run over on Highway 40 near the Nahal Katzav bridge. Because of fears for his survival the colt was transferred to the Yotvata Hai-Bar reserve,
where he will live until he can be released back to nature.

2nd prize

Single

Nature and environment

ERAN GISSIS

A young wild ass refuses to abandon his mother’s body after she was run over on Highway 40 near the Nahal Katzav bridge. Because of fears for his survival the colt was transferred to the Yotvata Hai-Bar reserve,
where he will live until he can be released back to nature.

A young little owl running along the ground.

3rd prize

Single

Nature and environment

SHULAMITH GREENSTEIN

A young little owl running along the ground.

Surgical operations in the large animals department of the University Veterinary Hospital.

1st prize

Series

Nature and environment

ETI NAMIR

Surgical operations in the large animals department of the University Veterinary Hospital.

In December 2021 an especially deadly attack of bird flu broke out, causing the death of around 10,000
cranes in Agamon Hula and the destruction of over a million birds in chicken coops in the region.

2nd prize

Series

Nature and environment

EPA

ABIR SULTAN

In December 2021 an especially deadly attack of bird flu broke out, causing the death of around 10,000
cranes in Agamon Hula and the destruction of over a million birds in chicken coops in the region.

Harvesters in a strawberry field.

Single

Nature and environment

GUY SHMUELI

Harvesters in a strawberry field.

Gilboa International Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Single

Nature and environment

JAMAL KIWAN

Gilboa International Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Hot springs at the Bental reservoir.

Single

Nature and environment

ASAF FRIEDMAN

Hot springs at the Bental reservoir.

Outflow of brine into the Arava wadi from the Dead Sea Works evaporation pools.

Single

Nature and environment

ELI ATIAS

Outflow of brine into the Arava wadi from the Dead Sea Works evaporation pools.

A mounting wall of flames during a forest fire near Shoresh.

Single

Nature and environment

Haaretz

Ohad Zwigenberg

A mounting wall of flames during a forest fire near Shoresh.

Four inquisitive jackal cubs in the Rosh Tzipor birdwatching center.

Single

Nature and environment

MOSHE PRAGER

Four inquisitive jackal cubs in the Rosh Tzipor birdwatching center.

Sport

Blessing Afrifah, a son of parents from Ghana who was born and raised in Israel, won the 200 meter dash in the under-20s world championship. He is the fourth youth in history to finish this distance in less than 20 seconds.

1st prize

Single

sport

YUVAL CHEN

FOR YEDIOTH
AHRONOTH

Blessing Afrifah, a son of parents from Ghana who was born and raised in Israel, won the 200 meter dash in the under-20s world championship. He is the fourth youth in history to finish this distance in less than 20 seconds.

Eliya Deri, aged 17 from Holon, is the first Israeli sportswoman to earn a scholarship to play football in a boys
team in a US high school.

2nd prize

Single

sport

YEDIOTH AHRONOTH

OZ MOALEM

Eliya Deri, aged 17 from Holon, is the first Israeli sportswoman to earn a scholarship to play football in a boys
team in a US high school.

Nili Block, six times Thai Boxing world champion, preparing for her gold medal in the world championships.

3rd prize

Single

sport

YUVAL CHEN

FOR CALCALIST

Nili Block, six times Thai Boxing world champion, preparing for her gold medal in the world championships.

The Raanana Raptors, the national champion women’s rugby league team, in games at various locations.

1st prize

Series

sport

ADI BERCKOVICH

The Raanana Raptors, the national champion women’s rugby league team, in games at various locations.

The Next Step community, a community for Israelis with amputated limbs, works towards achieving functional independence, purchasing advanced prosthetic technology, furthering sporting activities and creating a supportive environment.

2nd prize

Series

sport

TAL HERES

The Next Step community, a community for Israelis with amputated limbs, works towards achieving functional independence, purchasing advanced prosthetic technology, furthering sporting activities and creating a supportive environment.

Fans of Hapoel Tel Aviv lighting torches and smoke grenades in the bleachers during the derby against Maccabi.

Single

sport

YUVAL DANIEL

Fans of Hapoel Tel Aviv lighting torches and smoke grenades in the bleachers during the derby against Maccabi.

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