An Israeli police officer stands with pistol pointed at a Palestinian man, center, next to a Jewish driver who was attacked by Palestinian protesters near Jerusalem’s Old City, Monday, May 10, 2021.Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a series of confrontations that is pushing the contested city to the brink of eruption.

Finalist

Ohad Zwigenberg
Haaretz
Israel

Ohad Zwigenberg fell in love with photography when he was working in a duty free shop on a cruise ship. The beauty of surrounding sunsets of the Mediterranean sea and the unforgettable urban landscapes of the European cities he past by during work helped him to develop a unique angle of view on the surrounding world and made him realise his passion to photography. In 2007, he began working as a photographer in a local newspaper Yedioth Modiin and then worked also for few years at internet news service Ynet and currently he is a staff photographer for the major Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Ohad lives in Jerusalem,  therefore his work involved a lot around the topics of conflict and faith.

[ SPOT NEWS ] This is a category for non-COVID-19 single photographs of breaking news or events in which no planning was possible. Each participant is allowed to enter up to 10 images. The images must be taken in 2021.

Judges for Spot News
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