![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/12t.jpg) Western wall in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/13t.jpg) A Jew at Western wall in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/211/jpeg/29t.jpg) Western wall of the Chapel of the Sepulchre in the Church of the Sepulchre in Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 28, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/211/jpeg/28t.jpg) Western wall of the Chapel of the Sepulchre in the Church of the Sepulchre in Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 28, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/237/jpeg/18t.jpg) Western Wall in Old City at rainy day. Jerusalem, the Middle East, November 22, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/185/jpeg/16t.jpg) Old City, a worshiper at Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, March 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/33t.jpg) View of Silwan village from a wall of Old City of Jerusalem at evening. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/31t.jpg) View of Silwan village from a wall of Old City of Jerusalem at evening. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/32t.jpg) View of Silwan village from a wall of Old City of Jerusalem at evening. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/185/jpeg/14t.jpg) Old City, worshipers at Western Wall at evening. Jerusalem, the Middle East, March 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/185/jpeg/12t.jpg) Old City, one of numerous cats near Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, March 1, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/230/jpeg/31t.jpg) Women s section of Western, or wailing Wall in Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 7, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/05t.jpg) Bar mitzvah ceremony at Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bar mitzvah ceremony at Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/10t.jpg) Bar mitzvah ceremony at Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bar mitzvah ceremony at Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/09t.jpg) Watching Bar mitzvah ceremony at Western Wall from women section. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/08t.jpg) Watching Bar mitzvah ceremony at Western Wall from women section. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/14t.jpg) Wall of the Old City above Lion (Saint Stefen) Gate. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/06t.jpg) A street in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/277/jpeg/11t.jpg) Western Wall. A person was handcuffed and stripped of his clothes. The group waited until a police car picked them. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 20, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/00t.jpg) Excavations on Cardo Street in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/13t.jpg) Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/15t.jpg) Rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/11t.jpg) An altar (?) of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/09t.jpg) An altar (?) of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/01t.jpg) Arch of the Hurva (Ruined Synagogue) in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City, before a mass. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/04t.jpg) A sign of fulfilled Mekka pilgrimage (?) on a shop in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/142/jpeg/37t.jpg) View of Golden Gate to the Old City from the Garden of Gethsemane. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/22t.jpg) In rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City, before a mass. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/19t.jpg) Catholicon hall in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/213/jpeg/03t.jpg) View of City of David and south-eastern City Wall from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/214/jpeg/06t.jpg) A Jew near Western, or Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/166/jpeg/16t.jpg) Wall of stalactites in Sorek Cave, west from Jerusalem. The Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/307/jpeg/17t.jpg) Conversation in front of the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/308/jpeg/15t.jpg) Wailing in front of the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/245/jpeg/35t.jpg) Prayers at Western, or Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/308/jpeg/17t.jpg) Women s section of the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/307/jpeg/16t.jpg) Women s section of the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/245/jpeg/34t.jpg) Praying at Western, or Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/308/jpeg/14t.jpg) A small mosque over the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/307/jpeg/19t.jpg) Praying in front of the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/17t.jpg) A cemetery in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/307/jpeg/18t.jpg) Conversation in front of the Western Wall, zoomed. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/214/jpeg/07t.jpg) Entrance to a synagogue (?) near Western, or Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/307/jpeg/20t.jpg) Entrance of a synagogue(?) in front of the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/230/jpeg/33t.jpg) Western, or wailing Wall during Sukkot holiday. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 7, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/16t.jpg) A church yard in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/14t.jpg) Stone of Unction (upon which the body of Jesus was anointed) behind the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/230/jpeg/35t.jpg) A Jew praying at Western, or wailing Wall during Sukkot holiday. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 7, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/308/jpeg/18t.jpg) Underground passage of Western Wall Tunnel near its northern end. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/214/jpeg/08t.jpg) A small section of Western Wall open for women. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/245/jpeg/30t.jpg) A women (smaller) section of Western, or Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/245/jpeg/32t.jpg) A prayer sitting in front of Western, or Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/04t.jpg) A monument of Archimandrite Leonid Sentsov (1863(?) - 1918), a head of Russian mission in Jerusalem, at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/211/jpeg/27t.jpg) Northern wall of the Chapel of the Sepulchre in the Church of the Sepulchre in Old City with a relief in white marble representing the Saviour rising from the tomb. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 28, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/14t.jpg) A monument of Archimandrite Antonin Kapustin (1869(?) - 1894) who founded in 1871 the Russian mission in Jerusalem, at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/308/jpeg/19t.jpg) Letters left by Jewish believers in the underground section of the Western Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/15t.jpg) An Orthodox church in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/306/jpeg/21t.jpg) Moslem cemetery and eastern wall of Old City from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/18t.jpg) Graves of Russian nuns in Gornensky Convent for women (the Russian Orthodox Mission of Moscow Patriarchate in Jerusalem). Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/123/jpeg/20t.jpg) Via Dolorosa in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, February 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/123/jpeg/18t.jpg) Via Dolorosa in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, February 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/123/jpeg/21t.jpg) Via Dolorosa in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, February 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/19t.jpg) Sorek River near western entrance to Jerusalem. The Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/306/jpeg/25t.jpg) Excavations below southern wall of Old City and El Aqsa mosque from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, October 31, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/25t.jpg) Gardens on roofs of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/123/jpeg/06t.jpg) View of Old City in Jerusalem from south. The Middle East, February 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/08t.jpg) Coptic Monastery in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/123/jpeg/02t.jpg) View of Old City in Jerusalem from south. The Middle East, February 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/18t.jpg) Hills west from Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/28t.jpg) A street in Arab Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/20t.jpg) 13th station of Via Dolorosa in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/21t.jpg) Entrance to Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/123/jpeg/23t.jpg) Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, February 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/19t.jpg) A church in Armenian Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/11t.jpg) A building on El-Wadi Road in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/245/jpeg/04t.jpg) View of Moslem cemetery below eastern wall of Old City and Golden Gate from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/10t.jpg) A kitten on a roof near Damascus Gate in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/23t.jpg) Hurva Arch in Jewish Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/24t.jpg) Habikurim (?) Street in Jewish Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/22t.jpg) Burial caves in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/23t.jpg) High tech business at Yaffa entrance to Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/123/jpeg/05t.jpg) View of Old City in Jerusalem from south, with Dome of the Rock at center. The Middle East, February 26, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/30t.jpg) Lion s Gate Road in Arab Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/22t.jpg) Shoni Halachot (?) Street in Jewish Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/27t.jpg) Aqabad El-Mawlawiyeh (?) Street in Arab Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 20, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/150/jpeg/09t.jpg) A ladder forgotten on the second floor of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City of Jerusalem. The Middle East, September 19, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/13t.jpg) A monument of Archimandrite Porfiriy Uspenskiy at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/212/jpeg/37t.jpg) View of Mount Zion, and south-eastern corner of City Wall from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/212/jpeg/35t.jpg) View of Mount Zion, and south-eastern corner of City Wall from Mount of Olives. Jerusalem, the Middle East, July 12, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/245/jpeg/36t.jpg) A controversial physicist Sergey Pozdneev (a visitor of the university of Beer-Sheva, where he behaved like Ostap Bender) posing in front of the Western, or Wailing Wall. Jerusalem, the Middle East, January 11, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/145/jpeg/05t.jpg) 1/50th scale model of Herod s temple at Holyland Hotel in Jerusalem. The City of David (?). The Middle East, August 5, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/142/jpeg/32t.jpg) Villages near the road west from Jerusalem. The Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/142/jpeg/36t.jpg) Judean Hills west from Jerusalem. The Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/142/jpeg/35t.jpg) A village near the road west from Jerusalem. The Middle East, June 17, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/167/jpeg/10t.jpg) An Orthodox church with ghostly figures of prayers (because of long exposure) at a pro-Moscow Gornensky Convent for women. Ein Kerem (western Jerusalem), the Middle East, December 30, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/143/jpeg/18t.jpg) Holy Sepulchre (where the body of Jesus was laid after crucifixion) in Rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City. Now, it faces frequent clashes between tourist groups keeping each other from entering out of turn. Jerusalem, the Middle East, June 17, 2000
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