Photos of middle east

A Turkish bellydancer, or Raqs Sharqi dancer, performing in Istanbul, Turkey

Azrieli Towers with Star of David lights for ELEM – Israeli Association for Youth in Distress in Israel. Tel Aviv, Israel

Tel Aviv skyline and the Tel Aviv Promenade panorama at night from Jaffa. Tel Aviv, Israel

Musician-clown Lesched Schmuel playing his accordion along the Nachlat Binyamin Promdenade, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Woman contemplating from the balcony at the Holocaust History Museum. Yad Vashem, World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Israel.

Israeli soldier and Orthodox Jew praying at the Western Wall, Old Jerusalem, Israel.

The Western Wall, also known as the Kotel, Wailing Wall, Wailing-place of the Jews, is the most holy place accessible to the Jewish people because of Muslim control of the Temple Mount.

Orthodox Jewish man praying at the Western Wall in Old Jerusalem, Israel.

The Western Wall, also known as the Kotel, Wailing Wall, Wailing-place of the Jews, is the most holy place accessible to the Jewish people because of Muslim control of the Temple Mount.