Officially, Israel will not admit that it has nuclear weapons and maintains what’s known as ‘a policy of ambiguity,’ which basically means: “We blantantly have loads of them so we’re going to do whatever the fuck we want okay?” Way back in 1986 Mordechai Vanunu, an employee of an Israeli Nuclear Research facility, revealed to the Sunday Times that Israel had illegally stockpiled dozens of nuclear weapons. The Israeli secret service kidnapped him and put him in jail, where he remains to this day. Read our interview with him here.
Host Gallery in EC1 is hosting an exhibition of the photography of Judah Passow, one of the UK’s leading photojournalists. In the run up to the 60th anniversary of the declaration of Independence of the State of Israel on May 14th, Shattered Dreams revisits the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Israel, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza, and Lebanon.
JERUSALEM 1992
A young Palestinian street vendor selling post cards of the Dome of The Rock at the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem.
HEBRON, WEST BANK 1997
A Palestiniain woman sitting in front of a store in Hebron’s central market on which Israeli settlers in this West Bank city have painted a Star of David to claim ownership.
GAZA CITY, GAZA 1988
Palestinian demonstrator confronting Israeli troops in Gaza City.
GAZA CITY, GAZA 1988
Israeli soldier confronting Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza City.
JERICHO, WEST BANK 1994
A Palestinian waits to have his passport checked by Israeli police at the Allenby Bridge border crossing between Jordan and Israel.
KALKILIYA, WEST BANK 2004
The Israeli-built security wall surrounding the Palestinian town of Kalkiliya on the West Bank.
A winner of four World Press Photo awards for his coverage of conflict in the Middle East, Judah Passow’s photographs have been widely exhibited in the UK, USA., France, Holland, and in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Shattered Dreams: Israel and the Palestinians25 March - 25 April
Host Gallery
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