Where David Ben Gurion proclaimed the State of Israel / Tel Aviv / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

After Friday Praying on Temple Mountain. Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Museum in the Fortress of Latrun half way between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Praying / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Western Wall / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Palestinial Leader Yassir Arafat and former Secretary of State and Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres at an award ceremony / Germany 1997 / © Meinrad Heck

Members of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Yad Vashem / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Hall of Remembrance in Yad Vashem / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Jewish Quarter / Jerusalem / Israel 1979 / © Meinrad Heck

Place of the Citadelle / Jerusalem / Israel 1979 / © Meinrad Heck

Place of the Citadelle / Jerusalem / Israel 1979 / © Meinrad Heck

Observing the Old City / Jerusalem / Israelm1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Al Aqusa Mosque / Temple Mountain Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Dome of the Rock / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Ethiopian Monk on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

After Friday Praying in Suq el Quatanin Street / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Jenin / West Bank / Israel 1981 / © Meinrad Heck

Next to Damascus Gate / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Dead Sea / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

David Tower / Jerusalem / Israel 1979 / © Meinrad Heck

Early Morning in East Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Yitzhak Rabin Square / Tel Aviv / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Bedouin women / Sinai 1984 / © Meinrad Heck

Arab wedding celebration/ Sheefar´am / Israel 1982 / © Meinrad Heck

Brother and Sisters / Sheefar´am / Israel 1982 / © Meinrad Heck

Bedouins at the foot of Mount Moses / Sinai / Egypt 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Bedouin Kids in Bekaa Valley / Lebanon 1998 / © Meinrad Heck

In the Souks of Tripolis /Northern Lebanon  1999 / © Meinrad Heck

Green Line in Beirut. The so named "Yellow House" in the back was a preferred stronghold by snipers during the Civil War and is today a Museum / Beirut / Lebanon 1998 / © Meinrad Heck

Schiit Imam / Tripolis / Lebanon 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

The 7 pillars of Wisdom at the entrance of Wadi Rum / Jordan 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

With the Bedouins in Wadi Rum / Jordan 1999 / © Meinrad Heck

In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre / Jerusalem / Israel 1999 / © Meinrad Heck