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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."
Home on the Range
Israeli security contractors participate in an urban warfare training session in a private facility in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc in the West Bank.
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.
Rest in Peace
The Tasou cemetery in Jaffa, seen in this nighttime photograph, has been the focal point of a decades-long, protracted legal battle between the city’s Palestinian Muslim community and a private Israeli real estate developer.
Free Fly Zone
Israeli air force planes fly over St. Peter’s Church in the coastal city of Jaffa as the country marks its 65th Independence Day. In 1945, Jaffa had a population of 101,580, of whom 53,930 were Muslims, 30,820 were Jews and 16,800 were Christians. When Jewish forces occupied the city on 14 May, 1948, only 4,000 of the city’s Muslim and Christian Palestinian residents remained.
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.
Nablus sector, 2009
An Israeli infantry soldier pauses during a patrol in the northern West Bank.
Fire and Smoke III
A Palestinian man walks through smoke created by burning tires during a protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli detention.
Fire and Smoke II
Palestinian men light a firebomb during a protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli detention.
Fire and Smoke I
Palestinians walk through a cloud of smoke and tear gas during a protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli detention.
The Power of Perspective
An injured Palestinian man climbs into an ambulance as an Israeli Border Police officer aims a weapon firing rubber bullets at other Palestinians throwing stones during a protest near Ramallah in support of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Women’s Intifada
Palestinian women and men in Jaffa demonstrate in solidarity with Egyptian women struggling against sexual harassment and assault.
Another Brick in the Wall
Israeli soldiers stop a Palestinian youth seeking to enter Nablus through one of the military checkpoints surrounding the West Bank city.
In Front
The nesa’iyéh photographic project explores the visual representation of Palestinian women activists in the context of struggle against the Israeli occupation. Click here for more information.
