Mohammed Abu Khdeir

Shlomi Elkbatez as Simon in "Our Boys."

There Is Only One Word for ‘Our Boys’: Masterpiece

Short of Larry David reading extracts from the Talmud, this may be the most defiantly Jewish show on HBO ever. (This review contains spoilers about the entire series, which finished this week)

Adrian Hennigan
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Portraits of victims of sponge bullets, known as the "black sponge bullet" (model 4557), made of synthetic rubber. They serve as non-lethal anti-riot weaponry in East Jerusalem. Regulations pertaining to the use of these bullets state that shooting directed at the upper part of the body is forbidden, and the bullet should not be used against children, the elderly, or pregnant women. This new model, which has been in use for the past two years, has caused tens of serious head injuries, and about half of the people injured are minors. Fourteen residents have lost one or both eyes. Those photographed in the project were not suspected of disrupting order and no legal action was taken against them. The project was photographed about eighteen months after Mayer suffered an injury to her jaw as a result of being shot by a black sponge bullet, while she was documenting a demonstration in the Shuafat Neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

After Being Shot, This Israeli Photographer Refused to Turn a Blind Eye to Victims

Tali Mayer was hit with sponge bullet, prompting her to begin to investigate the wounds caused by police use of this ammunition – tens of thousands of which have been fired at Palestinians in Jerusalem in the last two years. She photographed victims and now tells their stories.

Tali Mayer
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