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Archive - From the Archive: Israel and Palestine 

Magnum Photographers 

Soon after the Second World War, Magnum founders chronicled the creation of Israel, with Robert Capa and David Seymour focusing on the arrival of Jewish settlers. Meanwhile, fellow Magnum founder George Rodger captured the life of Palestinians in the aftermath of the first Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949) and the Nakba (or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic), in which the Palestinian population suffered mass displacement and dispossession from 1948 onwards.


To this day, several Magnum photographers continue to work on long-term projects in Palestine and Israel, documenting the lives and realities of civilians... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. 14th May.1948. General Sir Alan CUNNINGHAM,... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Celebrations of the new Israeli Armed Forces and flag... 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1948

ISRAEL. Haifa. 1949-50. Arriving immigrants. 

George Rodger 1952

JORDAN. Jordan Valley. School buildings in the YMCA camp for... 

David Seymour 1951

ISRAEL. 1951. First child (Miriam TRITO) born in the settlement... 

Burt Glinn 1956

ISRAEL. 1956. An Israeli officer interrogates a prisoner from... 

Inge Morath 1960

Gaza, Jabalia refugee camp, a mother takes her sick child tp... 

Inge Morath 1960

MIDDLE EAST. Gaza. Refugee children. 1960. 

Inge Morath 1960

CONTACT SHEET. ISRAEL & JORDAN. Gaza. 1960. 

Erich Hartmann 1958

a new settlement and plantation of trees, Galilee 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL-PALESTINE. June 1967. An Israeli soldier in newly liberated... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL. Jerusalem. May 1967. A demonstration by ultra-orthodox... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL-PALESTINE. East Jerusalem, 7th June 1967.In the course... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL-PALESTINE. Jerusalem 6th June 1967. On the second day... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL. West Bank. Kafr al-Labad. December 1967. After an attack... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

EGYPT. Sinaï. 1967. Israeli soldiers advance towards Suez Canal.... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL. Golan Heights. Novmber 1967. Tel Azaziat, former Syrian... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

Israel. 1967. After the "6 day war", Syrian civilians returning... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL. West Bank. Kafr al-Labad. 1967. Collaborators cover themselves... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL. August, 1967. Makeshift camp for returning refugees near... 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL. August, 1967. Jordan Bridge, refugees returning. 

Micha Bar-Am 1967

ISRAEL. Golan Heights. Near the Lake of Galilea. 1967.
Syrian... 

Bruno Barbey 1969

JORDAN. 1969. Near Amman. Palestinian refugee camp of BAKA. 

Bruno Barbey 1969

JORDAN. 1971. Palestinian Al Fatah members (Movement of Palestinian... 

Cornell Capa © International Center of Photography 1967

ISRAEL. 1967. Israeli Army columns advancing in the Sinai desert.... 

Bruno Barbey 1970

JORDAN. Amman. 1970. Palestinian family visits their wounded... 

Abbas 1973

LEBANON. Beyrouth. 1973. The body of a Palestinian leader, killed... 

Rene Burri 1979

LEBANON. 1979. Palestinian training camps. 

Rene Burri 1979

LEBANON. 1979. Palestinian training camps. 

Rene Burri 1979

LEBANON. 1979. Palestinian training camps. 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1982

LEBANON. Beirut. On the 16th september 1982, members of the Kitaeb... 

Chris Steele-Perkins 1982

LEBANON. Beirut. On the 16th september 1982, members of the Kitaeb... 

Peter Marlow 1982

YAMIT. Sinai. Settlers sprayed by foam by Israeli troops as they... 

Gilles Peress 1982

LEBANON. Beirut. August 1982. Palestinian forces are leaving... 
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Gilles Peress 1982

LEBANON. Beirut. August 1982. Palestinians forces are leaving... 
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Gilles Peress 1982

LEBANON. Beirut. August 1982. Palestinians forces are leaving... 
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Abbas 1991

PALESTINE. Occupied West Bank. After the Madrid Peace Conference,... 

Paul Fusco 1993

GAZA 1993. Boy plays near a Hamas-set fire in the Chaboura camp.
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Paul Fusco 1993

GAZA. 1993. Gaza Strip, Chaboura Camp. On HAMAS-called strike... 

Paul Fusco 1993

GAZA 1993. Homes destroyed by the Israeli Defense Forces in Refugee... 

Stuart Franklin 1994

ISRAEL. Soldiers at a checkpoint on the Jerusalem-Ramallah road.... 

Susan Meiselas 1994

ISRAEL. Jericho. 1994. Palestinian and Israeli soldiers await... 

Gilles Peress 1997

Hebron, PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. 1997. Yasser Arafat, President... 

Larry Towell 2000

ISRAEL. Bethlehem. West Bank. Rachael's Tomb. Young Palestinian... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2002

Netanya. March 27, 2002.

Jerome Sessini 2002

PALESTINE. Jenin. April 2002. 
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Larry Towell 2004

WEST BANK. Jerusalem. 2004. A Palestinian man runs through an... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2005

GAZA STRIP. August 2005. Settlers in kfar Darom protesting the... 

Alex Majoli 2005

West Bank. Ramallah. Street scene in the day of Mahamud Abbas... 

Mark Power 2005

PALESTINE. West Bank. Bethlehem. Palestinian evicted from his... 

Moises Saman 2006

PALESTINE.Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip. July 2006.Family members mourn... 

Jerome Sessini 2007

PALESTINE. Gaza. July 3, 2007.
In Jabalya camp lies a summer... 
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Paolo Pellegrin 2009

GAZA. 2009. Beit Lahia, north of Gaza city. The Ghaben family.... 

Alex Majoli 2009

ISRAEL 2009. East Jerusalem. Palestinians demostrating. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2009

GAZA. 2009. The Al Salam area in Jabalia city. Vast parts of... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2012

Sabah and Farah Abu Halima. Grandmother (47 yrs old) and grandson... 

Peter van Agtmael 2013

PALESTINE. Hebron. 2013. Palestinian Territories/The West Bank.... 

Thomas Hoepker 1973

Israel 1973. Golan Heights. A woman soldier with rifle guards... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2017

JERUSALEM. December 2017. Israeli soldiers in Old City. Street... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2017

WEST BANK. Ramallah. December, 2017. Clashes between Palestinian's... 
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