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Mati Milstein / Photojournalist
Shooting across the Palestinian territories and Israel for global media outlets, diplomatic missions, NGOs & private clients.
"The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera."
Gaza, a retrospective (II)
Palestinian school children walk home past an Israeli settlement in the southern Gaza Strip in 2005.
Gaza, a retrospective (I)
A Palestinian man from Rafah works in a sewing factory in the Israeli settlement of Rafiah Yam in the southern Gaza Strip in 2005.
Drop your weapon
An Israeli infantry soldier rests during military operations in the occupied Palestinian Gaza Strip in 2000. This image appears in my non-fiction book My New Middle East, which was a finalist for the 2012 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award.
It’s always darkest before the dawn
Palestinian men from the Gaza Strip cross through the Erez checkpoint in the middle of the night in order to get to their jobs in Israel before the sun rises. August 2000.
Shrapnel Wounds
Local residents observe the damage to a house that suffered a direct hit from a rocket during the Israel-Gaza conflict in November 2012.
Running for Cover
Shortly after a rocket fired from Gaza killed several people in the Israeli town of Kiryat Malakhi, people at the scene run for cover upon hearing an additional incoming rocket alert siren.
Death from Above
An Israeli man looks skyward at the sound of warplanes after a rocket fired from Gaza during the November conflict killed a number of people in Kiryat Malakhi.
Casualties of War
Israeli emergency medical personnel evacuate the body of a person killed when a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip during the November conflict hit an apartment building in the Israeli town of Kiryat Malakhi.
Rocket’s Red Glare
Israeli men examine the remains of a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip that hit their community during the November conflict.
Free Parking
An Israeli army tank is parked at a highway rest area near the border with the Gaza Strip during the November conflict.
Dog of War
An Israeli soldier stretches atop an armored vehicle near the Gaza border during the November conflict.
Lunch Break
Israeli soldiers gather for a snack between two armored vehicles near the Gaza Strip border during the November conflict.
Killing Time II
Israeli soldiers wait near the Gaza Strip border in anticipation of a grand invasion during the November conflict.
Homewrecker
Israeli army armored bulldozers are assembled in anticipation of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip during the November conflict.
Sheet iron dead, sheet iron life
Israeli army armored vehicles are assembled in anticipation of a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip during the November conflict.
