The Papal People Meeter
With all leave cancelled for the AFP photographers, the Pope’s visit to the UK was always going to be a pretty big deal. As the visit got closer, photographers began to compare notes, plans and tactics, with the rival agencies keeping their cards close to their chest. On receiving my accreditation, I found that I [...]
It’ll all end in tear(gas)
Friday? That makes it tear-gas o’clock.. Today, I joined up with Abbas once more and headed to the village of Billin to cover the latest round of weekly clashes with the Israeli Defence Force soldiers. Different to last week, the routine at Billin is to approach the wall along a dirt track until you reach [...]
Rabbi keen
On Tuesday, I had the chance to go to a Ger Hassidim wedding in central Jerusalem with AFP photographer Menahem Kahana. Living in North London, I’m used to the sight of members of the Hassidic Jewish faith and their particular style of Spodik hats and long black coats but to find myself in among hundreds [...]
Are you serious, Joe? Not even at the Ramada?
After a morning of inter-photographer violence in the Yehuda market place in Jerusalem as Benjamin Netanyahu visited, a quick tally of damage showed no physical damage to me but a rather deformed pair of sunglasses. With a quick edit out of the way, a decision was made to head into the West Bank to Bethlehem [...]
Jumping Jack Flashbang, it’s gas gas gas..
Holy Land? More like Holy Fu.. On arrival, I’d been told about the “Friday protests” where there’s always a few scuffles between security forces and those with anger to vent so I wasn’t surprised to be told I was to cover one this week. My assigned protest was to be the weekly rumble between fired-up [...]
