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Courtyard in front of the Convent Armenian St. James (St. James Cathedral) in the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem.
Windows of various shapes and sizes on the courtyard in front of St. James Cathedral in the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem.
Statue of a Franciscan monk in the old city of Jerusalem.
Young Israeli soldiers in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew walking the street of a Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew in a supermarket in Jerusalem.
Domes, minarets and satellite antennas of the northern city of Akko.
Damascus Gate (Arabic: باب العامود, Bab Alamud , Hebrew: שַׁעַר שְׁכֶם, Sha'ar Sh'khem) - one of the main entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew with three sons near the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.
Inside an Arab bakery. Jerusalem.
Arab boy carrying piles of flat pita bread in Jerusalem Arab Quarter.
A street in the Old CIty of Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew reading holy scriptures while walking down the street in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Young boys from the Old City of Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews reading and praying in the outdoor library in the northern, covered part of the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew praying at the Western Wall.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall.
Arab men sitting in front of a local eatery on a street in Akko.
Negev desert.
Kunafa - a kind of very sweet, oily and delicious Arab cheese pastry. Jerusalem.
Romanesque church of St. Anne on Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem built by the Crusaders between 1131 and 1138.
Piles of pita bread for sale on a street market in Jerusalem.
Residents of the ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim reading announcements. Jerusalem.
Children from Mea Shearim - the ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.
In a courtyard of Mea Shearim. Jerusalem.
Typical, orthodox Jewish family has many children. Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
A street in Jewish ultraorthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew passing by a shop in the ultraorthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Courtyard in front of the entrance to Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the Basilica of the Nativity. Bethlehem .
Cloisters around the courtyard in front of the entrance to Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the Basilica of the Nativity. , Bethlehem .
A monk in front of the entrance to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Mara Saba near Bethlehem.
A view of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Mara Saba near Bethlehem from the nearby hill.
Builidings of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Mara Saba near Bethlehem and the surrounding landscape.
Haredi Jew with an abundant beard near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew reading holy scriptures near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Old Jew near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews paying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew. Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A street in Jerusalem Old City.
An alley in Old City of Jerusalem.
A stand selling kippas (yarmulkas) in the Jewish Quarter overlooking mount ZIon, Western Wall and the Al-Aksa mosque. Jerusalem.
Front facade of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem.
VIa Dolorosa and Ecce Homo arch in Muslim Quarter. Jerusalem.
A view of the domes of the Church of Condemnation from via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Arab man walking along the arcades surrounding the Al-Aksa mosque. Mount Zion. Jerusalem.
Two Arabs talking in front of the western gate to the Temple Square. Mount Zion. Jerusalem.
Young Israeli soldiers entering the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem.
The main triangular concrete space running through the entire Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum. Jerusalem.
Hall of Names in the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem.
The last part of the triangular structure of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum opening to a sweeping view of the modern Jerusalem.
Polish pilgrims walking on the Palm Sunday in the procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Polish pilgrims walking on the Palm Sunday in the procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Nuns in the Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Nuns singing during the Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Gentle ramp leading to the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) - the holiest place of worship for Jews. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew washing before approaching the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the northern, covered part of the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
At the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Old Jew in prayer at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew wearing a shtreimel - round fur hat usually used on Shabbat or other holiday. Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews wearing various kinds of traditional dresses praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew wearing a shtreimel (round fur hat) talking on the mobile phone near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
A Jew wearing wearing a shtreimel (round fur hat) walking along the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew in a streimel (round fur hat) praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew in a streimel (round fur hat) near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Two Haredi Jews talking near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
House in the Old City of Jerusalem at night.
Nuns walking to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Early morning sun begins to lit the steps in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem.
A corner near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem.
Busy photographer in Jerusalem.
Priest of the Coptic (Egyptian) Church. Jerusalem.
Priest of the Coptic (Egyptian) Church carrying a green cross. Jerusalem.
Shops of the street bazaar in Jerusalem Muslim Quarter at early morning hour before opening.
A view along the Sultan Suleiman street towards the towers of the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center.
Al-Aksa mosque and Israeli security patrolling the area around it. Temple Mount, Jerusalem.
Fountain of Qayt Bay or Sabil Qaitbay - a public fountain (sabil) located on the western esplanade of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, Built in the XVth century is called "the most beautiful edifice in the Temple Mount" after the Dome of the Rock.
Jewish children of Mea Shearim ultraorthodox neighborhood. Jerusalem.
A street in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest walking towards the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Chapel of the Angel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priests entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
A priest of the Coptic Church walking past the Israeli policeman. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Postboxes in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Haredi Jews from Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Children from a Haredi Jewish family. Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Haredi Jews at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jews walking down the street in Jerusalem Old City.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall with characteristic tefillin on his forehead - a black leather box containing scrolls of parchment with verses from the Torah. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew with characteristic tefillin on his forehead - a black leather box containing scrolls of parchment with verses from the Torah. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the northern, covered portion of the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall with tefillin (leather box containing scrolls with verses from the Torah) on his arm and forehead. Jerusalem.
White clad Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Western Wall with a row of praying Jews at its foot. Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount. Jerusalem.
A street in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
Arab men playing backgammon in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem.
Wall and the surrounding of the Greek Orthodox monastery Mar Saba on a slope of the Kidron Valley.
Some buildings within the Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery compound are literally built into the rock.
A courtyard of the Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery in Kidron Valley.
Walls of Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery. Kidron Valley.
Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery. Kidron Valley.
Copper dome of a church in Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery. Kidron Valley.
Concrete wall dividing Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories seen from the Bethlehem (Palestinian) side.
Concrete wall dividing Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories seen from the Bethlehem (Palestinian) side.
Concrete wall dividing Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories seen from the Bethlehem (Palestinian) side.
Dome of the Rock with with the old city of Jerusalem in the background seen from the Mount of Olives. Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock with with the old city of Jerusalem in the background and the city walls in the foreground seen from the Mount of Olives. Jerusalem.
Text of the Pater Noster (Our Father) in Polish (one of more than 100 languages) in the cloisters of the Church of the Pater Noster on the Mount of Olives.
Old priest from the Russian Church of the Ascension sweeping the pavement. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
Old priest from the Russian Church of the Ascension. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
A young photographer in Jerusalem.
Children from Jerusalem Old CIty.
One of the narrow streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Praying at the spot where Jesus was crucified in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Coptic priest overlooking the courtyard of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Jerusalem.
Door on the courtyard of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Jerusalem.
Arched door on the courtyard of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Jerusalem.
An old Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jew kissing the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Members of Jewish families of all ages praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Israeli soldier praying at the Western Wall.
Elderly Jew from Jerusalem.
Cloisters of the Khan al-Umdan (Caravanserai of the Pillars) in Akko built under the Ottoman rule in 1784.
Fruit seller's cart in the cloisters of the Khan al-Umdan (Caravanserai of the Pillars) in Akko built under the Ottoman rule in 1784.
Port in Akko (Acre) in northern Israel.
Israeli flag in Akko.
A view from the defensive walls of the old Crusaders' port towards the Al-Jazzar mosque. Akko.
Old city walls protecting the city of Akko from the seaside.
Windo. Akko.
Restored old street in Akko.
Old Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Young Jew praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. In the gap are seen prayer notes on paper left by the faithful Jews in the cracks of the Western Wall since 300 years.
Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Floating in the Dead Sea at Bianchini Beach.
Floating in the Dead Sea at Bianchini Beach.
Church of the Dormition, Mount Zion, Jerusalem.
An ancient courtyard on Mt. Zion, Jerusalem.
Colorful market in Akko ( Acre ).
The Western Wall - the holiest place of Judaism. Jerusalem.
A Jew in front of the Wailing Wall. Jerusalem.
Crowds of Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Crowds of Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Crowds of Jews praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. At the far end is the arched entrance to the northern, covered portion of the Western Wall.
Sea breaks against rocks in Acco in northern Israel.
Dome of a small church in Akko in northern Israel.
Golden dome of the Dome of the Rock temple in Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jew in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
in the old city of Jerusalem.
Pyramid built of spices with the model of Dome of the Rock at the top in a shop on covered market in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem.
Green door near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem,
An old street in Acre in northern Israel.
Jewish family praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Crosses of Jerusalem.
Old Haredi Jew crossing the street in Mea Shearim - an ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.
A girl playing on the square in Acre in northern Israel.
Mystic interior of the Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary (Tomb of the Virgin Mary) at the foot of Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
Shadow of an orthodox Jew on the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Courtyard in front of the Convent Armenian St. James (St. James Cathedral) in the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem.
Windows of various shapes and sizes on the courtyard in front of St. James Cathedral in the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem.
Statue of a Franciscan monk in the old city of Jerusalem.
Young Israeli soldiers in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew walking the street of a Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew in a supermarket in Jerusalem.
Domes, minarets and satellite antennas of the northern city of Akko.
Damascus Gate (Arabic: باب العامود, Bab Alamud , Hebrew: שַׁעַר שְׁכֶם, Sha'ar Sh'khem) - one of the main entrances to the Old City of Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew with three sons near the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem.
Inside an Arab bakery. Jerusalem.
Arab boy carrying piles of flat pita bread in Jerusalem Arab Quarter.
A street in the Old CIty of Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew reading holy scriptures while walking down the street in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Young boys from the Old City of Jerusalem.
Israeli soldiers praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews reading and praying in the outdoor library in the northern, covered part of the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew praying at the Western Wall.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall.
Arab men sitting in front of a local eatery on a street in Akko.
Negev desert.
Kunafa - a kind of very sweet, oily and delicious Arab cheese pastry. Jerusalem.
Romanesque church of St. Anne on Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem built by the Crusaders between 1131 and 1138.
Piles of pita bread for sale on a street market in Jerusalem.
Residents of the ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood of Mea Shearim reading announcements. Jerusalem.
Children from Mea Shearim - the ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.
In a courtyard of Mea Shearim. Jerusalem.
Typical, orthodox Jewish family has many children. Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
A street in Jewish ultraorthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew passing by a shop in the ultraorthodox neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Courtyard in front of the entrance to Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the Basilica of the Nativity. Bethlehem .
Cloisters around the courtyard in front of the entrance to Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and the Basilica of the Nativity. , Bethlehem .
A monk in front of the entrance to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Mara Saba near Bethlehem.
A view of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Mara Saba near Bethlehem from the nearby hill.
Builidings of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Mara Saba near Bethlehem and the surrounding landscape.
Haredi Jew with an abundant beard near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew reading holy scriptures near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Old Jew near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews paying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew. Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A street in Jerusalem Old City.
An alley in Old City of Jerusalem.
A stand selling kippas (yarmulkas) in the Jewish Quarter overlooking mount ZIon, Western Wall and the Al-Aksa mosque. Jerusalem.
Front facade of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Jerusalem.
VIa Dolorosa and Ecce Homo arch in Muslim Quarter. Jerusalem.
A view of the domes of the Church of Condemnation from via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Arab man walking along the arcades surrounding the Al-Aksa mosque. Mount Zion. Jerusalem.
Two Arabs talking in front of the western gate to the Temple Square. Mount Zion. Jerusalem.
Young Israeli soldiers entering the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem.
The main triangular concrete space running through the entire Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum. Jerusalem.
Hall of Names in the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem.
The last part of the triangular structure of the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum opening to a sweeping view of the modern Jerusalem.
Polish pilgrims walking on the Palm Sunday in the procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Polish pilgrims walking on the Palm Sunday in the procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Nuns in the Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Nuns singing during the Palm Sunday procession from the Mount of Olives to Saint Ann's church on Via Dolorosa. Jerusalem.
Gentle ramp leading to the Western Wall (Wailing Wall) - the holiest place of worship for Jews. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew washing before approaching the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the northern, covered part of the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
At the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Old Jew in prayer at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew wearing a shtreimel - round fur hat usually used on Shabbat or other holiday. Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews wearing various kinds of traditional dresses praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew wearing a shtreimel (round fur hat) talking on the mobile phone near the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
A Jew wearing wearing a shtreimel (round fur hat) walking along the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew in a streimel (round fur hat) praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew in a streimel (round fur hat) near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
A Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Two Haredi Jews talking near the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
House in the Old City of Jerusalem at night.
Nuns walking to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Early morning sun begins to lit the steps in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem.
A corner near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem.
Busy photographer in Jerusalem.
Priest of the Coptic (Egyptian) Church. Jerusalem.
Priest of the Coptic (Egyptian) Church carrying a green cross. Jerusalem.
Shops of the street bazaar in Jerusalem Muslim Quarter at early morning hour before opening.
A view along the Sultan Suleiman street towards the towers of the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center.
Al-Aksa mosque and Israeli security patrolling the area around it. Temple Mount, Jerusalem.
Fountain of Qayt Bay or Sabil Qaitbay - a public fountain (sabil) located on the western esplanade of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, Built in the XVth century is called "the most beautiful edifice in the Temple Mount" after the Dome of the Rock.
Jewish children of Mea Shearim ultraorthodox neighborhood. Jerusalem.
A street in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest walking towards the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Chapel of the Angel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priests entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built on the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixtion and grave. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Greek Orthodox priest near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
A priest of the Coptic Church walking past the Israeli policeman. Christian Quarter, Jerusalem.
Postboxes in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Haredi Jews from Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Children from a Haredi Jewish family. Mea Shearim, Jerusalem.
Haredi Jews at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jews walking down the street in Jerusalem Old City.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall with characteristic tefillin on his forehead - a black leather box containing scrolls of parchment with verses from the Torah. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew with characteristic tefillin on his forehead - a black leather box containing scrolls of parchment with verses from the Torah. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jews praying at the northern, covered portion of the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
An orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall with tefillin (leather box containing scrolls with verses from the Torah) on his arm and forehead. Jerusalem.
White clad Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Western Wall with a row of praying Jews at its foot. Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock at the Temple Mount. Jerusalem.
A street in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
Arab men playing backgammon in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem.
Wall and the surrounding of the Greek Orthodox monastery Mar Saba on a slope of the Kidron Valley.
Some buildings within the Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery compound are literally built into the rock.
A courtyard of the Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery in Kidron Valley.
Walls of Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery. Kidron Valley.
Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery. Kidron Valley.
Copper dome of a church in Mar Saba Greek Orthodox monastery. Kidron Valley.
Concrete wall dividing Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories seen from the Bethlehem (Palestinian) side.
Concrete wall dividing Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories seen from the Bethlehem (Palestinian) side.
Concrete wall dividing Jerusalem and the Palestinian Territories seen from the Bethlehem (Palestinian) side.
Dome of the Rock with with the old city of Jerusalem in the background seen from the Mount of Olives. Jerusalem.
Dome of the Rock with with the old city of Jerusalem in the background and the city walls in the foreground seen from the Mount of Olives. Jerusalem.
Text of the Pater Noster (Our Father) in Polish (one of more than 100 languages) in the cloisters of the Church of the Pater Noster on the Mount of Olives.
Old priest from the Russian Church of the Ascension sweeping the pavement. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
Old priest from the Russian Church of the Ascension. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
Russian Orthodox Church of Mary Magdalene. Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
A young photographer in Jerusalem.
Children from Jerusalem Old CIty.
One of the narrow streets in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Praying at the spot where Jesus was crucified in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Coptic priest overlooking the courtyard of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Jerusalem.
Door on the courtyard of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Jerusalem.
Arched door on the courtyard of the Ethiopian Coptic Church in Jerusalem.
An old Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jew kissing the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Members of Jewish families of all ages praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Israeli soldier praying at the Western Wall.
Elderly Jew from Jerusalem.
Cloisters of the Khan al-Umdan (Caravanserai of the Pillars) in Akko built under the Ottoman rule in 1784.
Fruit seller's cart in the cloisters of the Khan al-Umdan (Caravanserai of the Pillars) in Akko built under the Ottoman rule in 1784.
Port in Akko (Acre) in northern Israel.
Israeli flag in Akko.
A view from the defensive walls of the old Crusaders' port towards the Al-Jazzar mosque. Akko.
Old city walls protecting the city of Akko from the seaside.
Windo. Akko.
Restored old street in Akko.
Old Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Haredi Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Young Jew praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. In the gap are seen prayer notes on paper left by the faithful Jews in the cracks of the Western Wall since 300 years.
Jew praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Floating in the Dead Sea at Bianchini Beach.
Floating in the Dead Sea at Bianchini Beach.
Church of the Dormition, Mount Zion, Jerusalem.
An ancient courtyard on Mt. Zion, Jerusalem.
Colorful market in Akko ( Acre ).
The Western Wall - the holiest place of Judaism. Jerusalem.
A Jew in front of the Wailing Wall. Jerusalem.
Crowds of Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Crowds of Jews praying at the Western Wall. Jerusalem.
Crowds of Jews praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. At the far end is the arched entrance to the northern, covered portion of the Western Wall.
Sea breaks against rocks in Acco in northern Israel.
Dome of a small church in Akko in northern Israel.
Golden dome of the Dome of the Rock temple in Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jew in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem.
in the old city of Jerusalem.
Pyramid built of spices with the model of Dome of the Rock at the top in a shop on covered market in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem.
Green door near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem,
An old street in Acre in northern Israel.
Jewish family praying at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Orthodox Jews at the Western Wall, Jerusalem.
Crosses of Jerusalem.
Old Haredi Jew crossing the street in Mea Shearim - an ultraorthodox Jewish neighborhood in Jerusalem.
A girl playing on the square in Acre in northern Israel.
Mystic interior of the Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary (Tomb of the Virgin Mary) at the foot of Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
Shadow of an orthodox Jew on the Western Wall. Jerusalem.