This is Israel

In 1948, Jerry Cooke, Robert Capa, and Tim Gidal traveled to Israel to photograph the new state for the book, This Is Israel, written by I. F. Stone. It is a vivid narrative, and the photographs capture both the new beginnings and the ancient roots of Israel and its people.

Woman on ledge, 1948

Fighters on building ledge, 1948

Fighter on building ledge, 1948

Haifa new immigrants, 1958

Abraham Tabib prominet leader of Yemenite Comunity in Palestine

View from Mt. Carmel, The Bay of Haifa, 1948

Men studying at the synagogue, 1948

Typical street corner in Tel Aviv, 1948

Tel Aviv at night, 1958

Meal time in the Kibbutz, 1948

Street scene in the Jemenite part of Tel Aviv

Tour Bus at King Solomon's Pillars, 1958

Elath Red Sea sun bathers, 1958

Two children, 1958

Fisherman launching boat by ruin

Beersheba Camel Market, 1958

Oranges and lemons loaded for canning factory, 1948

Young Haganah men, 1948

Ashdod Settlement, 1958

Boy with chalk on street near border, 1958

Border No Passage, 1958

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