Getty Images posted the following picture from yesterday's Nefesh b'Nefesh flight to Israel bringing 350 new immigrants. Of all the pictures posted by variosu media, organizations and individuals, this si definitely the most unique, and the strangest.


the poor kid should have called the cops on the photographer taking a picture of him at the urinals.... it just seems so inappropriate, and even criminal, to photograph somebody relieving himself, unless the person gave written consent (and in the case of a kid, he would need written consent from the parents).

art, shmart. photograph yourself on the toilet for art, not other people.

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A photographer went out to photograph the Hiwiai Eagles opening of the hunting season near Moshav Kidma. "Hiwaiai is my transliteration form the Hebrew. According to Wikipedia, the Hiwiai eagle is known as the Circaetus, and also known as the Snake Eagle.

The photographer stumbled upon a very rare sight, and got a few fascinating pictures of it. The eagle had caught a snake and had begun eating it. The snake, known as the Coluber snake, didn't go down easy, but fought back. The snake wrapped it's body around the neck of the eagle and was choking it to death.

The photographer realized the eagle was going to lose the fight, and decided he had to intervene. Despite preferring not to intervene in nature, here he felt it was important to save the eagle, considering how endangered eagles are and how they already have to deal with so many threats. He called over his tractor driver, and after determining that the snake was not poisonous, they began trying to release the eagle from the snake's grasp.

They successfully released the eagle, killing the snake in the process. The eagle didn't realize they were trying to help, and while they were attempting the rescue it tried to attack them. (source: Ynet)

All's well that ends well. The eagle was released and quickly flew away, and the photographer got a few, but only a few, pictures...

By now pretty much everybody has seen the stunning photograph snapped by Israeli photographer Oded Balilty during the destruction of Amona last year. This photograph won Balilty a Pulitzer Prize. The photo is shocking in its contrast and shows the courage of a young woman standing strong (or at least trying to) against dozens of policemen.