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Photography: Atta Awisat

Local Testimony 2003

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2003

David Rubinger
Micha Kirshner
Ram Oren
Ram Landes
Yon Feder

Photo of the year

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Michael Kramer

The sister of Staff Sergeant Oren Tzelnick, of blessed memory, salutes his grave. Staff Sergeant Oren Tzelnick, 23, of Bat Yam, was killed in a clash between a force of reserve paratroopers and armed Palestinians in Tulkarem. He was laid to rest at the cemetery in Holon. Oren left parents: Aryeh and Esther, and three sisters:Sigalit, Leilach and Lital.

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Michael Kramer

June 3, 2003. A foreign photographer, a woman, was caught between a Palestinian throng and IDF soldiers at the Kalandia roadblock, at the time of the release of about 100 Palestinian prisoners. One of the prisoners who was freed, Ahmed Jibara Abu Sukar, was convicted of planting the "refrigerator bomb" in Jerusalem in the 1970s, an event in which 14 people were killed. He was received by a Palestinian crowd who awaited his release

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Eyal Warshavsky

June 3, 2003. A foreign photographer, a woman, was caught between a Palestinian throng and IDF soldiers at the Kalandia roadblock, at the time of the release of about 100 Palestinian prisoners. One of the prisoners who was freed, Ahmed Jibara Abu Sukar, was convicted of planting the "refrigerator bomb" in Jerusalem in the 1970s, an event in which 14 people were killed. He was received by a Palestinian crowd who awaited his release

On September 20, 2002, the IDF blows up the Mukata in response to an attack by a suicide bomber who boarded Dan bus no.4 in Tel Aviv and killed 6 people. After the attack, Israel demanded that Arafat hand over the wanted men staying in his compound in Ramallah. After he refused, the IDF surrounded the compound’s office and bulldozer’s destroyed all the buildings around Arafat. The IDF called the operation "A Matter of Time".

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Atta Awisat

Yediot Aharonot

On September 20, 2002, the IDF blows up the Mukata in response to an attack by a suicide bomber who boarded Dan bus no.4 in Tel Aviv and killed 6 people. After the attack, Israel demanded that Arafat hand over the wanted men staying in his compound in Ramallah. After he refused, the IDF surrounded the compound’s office and bulldozer’s destroyed all the buildings around Arafat. The IDF called the operation "A Matter of Time".

Daily Life

A female drug addict sprawled on the road beside the Kibbutz Galuyot interchange. A few moments after the picture was taken, a police van and ambulance arrived at the scene and she was taken to the hospital. 10% of the adult population in Israel use some sort of drugs. 2.2% of the adult population use heroin regularly.

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Uriel Sinai

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Haaretz

A female drug addict sprawled on the road beside the Kibbutz Galuyot interchange. A few moments after the picture was taken, a police van and ambulance arrived at the scene and she was taken to the hospital. 10% of the adult population in Israel use some sort of drugs. 2.2% of the adult population use heroin regularly.

January 17, 2003. Immersion for Greek Orthodox, a religious ceremony at Lake Kinneret in honor of the New Year. In the Christian religion, immersion in water symbolizes identification with the death and resurrection of Christ. The Church of the Apostles, which belongs to the Greek Orthodox community and is near the entrance of the Capernaum national park, was built in the 1920s and dedicated to the 12 Apostles of Jesus.

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Ronen Zvulun

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January 17, 2003. Immersion for Greek Orthodox, a religious ceremony at Lake Kinneret in honor of the New Year. In the Christian religion, immersion in water symbolizes identification with the death and resurrection of Christ. The Church of the Apostles, which belongs to the Greek Orthodox community and is near the entrance of the Capernaum national park, was built in the 1920s and dedicated to the 12 Apostles of Jesus.

She was born in 1898 in Kiev, Ukraine. He was born in 1913 in Brisk, Russia. She studied in a teachers seminary in Milwaukee. He graduated in law. She was elected secretary of Mapai (forerunner of the Labor Party). He founded and led the Herut movement and the Likud.
She was the fourth prime minister. He was the sixth prime minister.
She, Golda Meir (Meyerson) of blessed memory, died in December 1978. He, Menachem Begin of blessed memory, died in March 1992 Itzik Mazar, who works in lighting on the First Television Channel, asleep on his watch.

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Lior Mizrahi

Israel Hayom

She was born in 1898 in Kiev, Ukraine. He was born in 1913 in Brisk, Russia. She studied in a teachers seminary in Milwaukee. He graduated in law. She was elected secretary of Mapai (forerunner of the Labor Party). He founded and led the Herut movement and the Likud.
She was the fourth prime minister. He was the sixth prime minister.
She, Golda Meir (Meyerson) of blessed memory, died in December 1978. He, Menachem Begin of blessed memory, died in March 1992 Itzik Mazar, who works in lighting on the First Television Channel, asleep on his watch.

Potrtaits

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a tour of the Pablo Picasso exhibit that was presented at the Tel Aviv Museum in January 2003. Sharon, in a moment of repose, ponders a work by Picasso.
At the end of the month, Ariel Sharon was elected in the general elections for the 16th Knesset as prime minister in a government in which the Likud Party won 38 mandates

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Ziv Koren

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a tour of the Pablo Picasso exhibit that was presented at the Tel Aviv Museum in January 2003. Sharon, in a moment of repose, ponders a work by Picasso.
At the end of the month, Ariel Sharon was elected in the general elections for the 16th Knesset as prime minister in a government in which the Likud Party won 38 mandates

Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef sits at the honorary table at the induction ceremony for the chief rabbi of Tel Aviv at the Great Synagogue on Allenby Street. The 83-year-old rabbi, a native of Baghdad is a widower and father of 11. In 1984 he was chosen as spiritual leader of the political movement Shas—Sephardi Torah Guardian.

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Rabbi Ovadiah Yosef sits at the honorary table at the induction ceremony for the chief rabbi of Tel Aviv at the Great Synagogue on Allenby Street. The 83-year-old rabbi, a native of Baghdad is a widower and father of 11. In 1984 he was chosen as spiritual leader of the political movement Shas—Sephardi Torah Guardian.

Member of Knesset Gila Gamliel, 29, was elected to the 11th spot on the Likud list for the 16th Knesset. Holder of a master’s degree in philosophy. MK Gamliel was the first woman to be elected to the post of chair of the National Students Association.

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Rubi Castro

Maariv

Member of Knesset Gila Gamliel, 29, was elected to the 11th spot on the Likud list for the 16th Knesset. Holder of a master’s degree in philosophy. MK Gamliel was the first woman to be elected to the post of chair of the National Students Association.

Culture and Art

Resourceful firemen rescued some of the creations of painter Motti Golan, in the giant blaze that erupted on the night of June 23-24, 2003, in the Mercazim building on Kibbutz Hagaluyot Street in South Tel Aviv. At the place many creators and artists worked, including the painter Motti Golan, 46, battle victim, wounded by friendly fire in the Lebanon War. When he returned from the war he began to paint the spectacles that accompany him to this day.

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Yediot Aharonot

Resourceful firemen rescued some of the creations of painter Motti Golan, in the giant blaze that erupted on the night of June 23-24, 2003, in the Mercazim building on Kibbutz Hagaluyot Street in South Tel Aviv. At the place many creators and artists worked, including the painter Motti Golan, 46, battle victim, wounded by friendly fire in the Lebanon War. When he returned from the war he began to paint the spectacles that accompany him to this day.

September 2003. Noa, one and a half months old, listens to her mother, a Cellist in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, during rehearsals for a concert at the Jerusalem Theater. Experts claim that a child who is exposed to different Musical styles will develop a tolerant ear and openness to others. Music, they say, produces calm, high-quality, self-disciplined people.

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September 2003. Noa, one and a half months old, listens to her mother, a Cellist in the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, during rehearsals for a concert at the Jerusalem Theater. Experts claim that a child who is exposed to different Musical styles will develop a tolerant ear and openness to others. Music, they say, produces calm, high-quality, self-disciplined people.

The dancer and choregrapher Ido Tadmor in the performance Gargoyles at the Hadom Club in April 2003.
The performance combines classical music and house music and is directly influenced by the nightclub culture. It aims at familiarizing teenagers with the art of dance. Ido Tadmor is considered one of today’s leading dancers in Israel and the world. In 1995 he established the group with which he performs in Israel and internationally

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The dancer and choregrapher Ido Tadmor in the performance Gargoyles at the Hadom Club in April 2003.
The performance combines classical music and house music and is directly influenced by the nightclub culture. It aims at familiarizing teenagers with the art of dance. Ido Tadmor is considered one of today’s leading dancers in Israel and the world. In 1995 he established the group with which he performs in Israel and internationally

Nature and Environment

Avigail the elephant undergoes an insemination process at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem. Avigail, an Asiatic elephant weighing about five tons, came to the zoo about four years ago. On November 9, sperm taken from an elephant in England was flown in, and on the day of Avigail’s ovulation period the insemination was performed, a process that took about an hour and a half. Several months later it turned out Avigail was not pregnant. An elephant’s pregnancy lasts 22 months.

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Lior Mizrahi

Israel Hayom

Avigail the elephant undergoes an insemination process at the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem. Avigail, an Asiatic elephant weighing about five tons, came to the zoo about four years ago. On November 9, sperm taken from an elephant in England was flown in, and on the day of Avigail’s ovulation period the insemination was performed, a process that took about an hour and a half. Several months later it turned out Avigail was not pregnant. An elephant’s pregnancy lasts 22 months.

The date: October 23, 2003. The place: the wharf on the Bat Galim beach in Haifa. The time: 6:05 p.m.
The event: three cats attacked a rat as it was chewing something. The rat did not give in and held its ground, until the three cats decided to concede and left.

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Shay Mehalel

The date: October 23, 2003. The place: the wharf on the Bat Galim beach in Haifa. The time: 6:05 p.m.
The event: three cats attacked a rat as it was chewing something. The rat did not give in and held its ground, until the three cats decided to concede and left.

At a cost of 100 million shekels, the Kaplan interchange opened on March 31, 2003. Each day no fewer than 150,000 private vehicles and 3000 buses cross the interchange. During the construction work, a 5000-year-old burial site was discovered there including 60 graves from the early and middle Bronze Age.

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Rubi Castro

Maariv

At a cost of 100 million shekels, the Kaplan interchange opened on March 31, 2003. Each day no fewer than 150,000 private vehicles and 3000 buses cross the interchange. During the construction work, a 5000-year-old burial site was discovered there including 60 graves from the early and middle Bronze Age.

Sport

A boxer in the first professional boxing competition in Israel, held on July 29 2002, in Tel Aviv.

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Uriel Sinai

Haaretz

A boxer in the first professional boxing competition in Israel, held on July 29 2002, in Tel Aviv.

Robbie Michael, 34, of Eilat participated in the Israel speedboat championship in October 2003. Robbie won the national championship in racing, freestyle, and standup exercises. He rides a Yamaha Superjet 700

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Yossi Aloni

Maariv

Robbie Michael, 34, of Eilat participated in the Israel speedboat championship in October 2003. Robbie won the national championship in racing, freestyle, and standup exercises. He rides a Yamaha Superjet 700

The motorcycle-jumping competition held in the framework of the Motori Festival in Eilat, October 2003.
This is the third year in which the festival was held.

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The motorcycle-jumping competition held in the framework of the Motori Festival in Eilat, October 2003.
This is the third year in which the festival was held.