Announcing the Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards
By Ellyn Kail on February 19, 2021
After reviewing hundreds of outstanding submissions, we’re delighted to announce the thirteen winners of the 6th Annual Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards. This year’s jury selected ten photographers to exhibit their work as part of a poster run in select locations throughout the streets of East London. Three photographers were chosen to be part of the FORMAT International Photography Festival in Derby.
The three photographers headed to the FORMAT International Photography Festival in Derby are Florence Goupil, Felix Schoeppner, and Christopher Sims, hailing from Peru, Germany, and the United States, respectively. Learn about all the winners below.
Dec 15, 2020
Advisor to Palestinian leader Abbas calls it a “war crime” for Jews to place a Chanukah candelabra at Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs.
By Yakir Benzion, United With Israel
In another move to incite hatred against Israel and try to negate Jewish history, the Palestinian Authority is calling the traditional Chanukah candelabra on the roof of the Tomb of the Patriarchs holy site in Hebron a “war crime,” Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) said Monday.
Before the Jewish holiday even began, the PA’s Supreme Fatwa Council condemned the Chanukah candelabra as a “provocation” and an attempt to “erase Islamic history” while creating “a fake Jewish character” for the site, reported PMW, which monitors and translates Palestinian media from Arabic into English.
Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
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Dec 14, 2020
Abbas’ advisor about the Cave of the Patriarchs: “The Ibrahimi Mosque is a pure Islamic heritage”
Abbas’ advisor: “Placing of a Jewish religious so-called ‘Hanukkah menorah’ on the roof of the Ibrahimi Mosque… [is] an additional ‘war crime’”
Abbas’ advisor: Israel commits “crimes… that desecrate our Islamic holy sites in Hebron”
PA’s Supreme Fatwa Council: “The placing of a Hanukkah menorah [at] the Ibrahimi Mosque (i.e., the Cave of the Patriarchs)… is a blatant violation, a true provocation of the Muslims’ sensibilities, and an… attempt to erase the Islamic history in service of the goal to Judaize the Ibrahimi Mosque and create a fake Jewish character for it”