BLACK PANTHERS
 Ruben Abergelone of the leaders of the Black Panther movement |
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 Charlie Bittonone of the leaders of the Black Panther movement |
 Kochahvi Shemeshof the leaders of the Black Panther movement |
 Yamin Swissaone of the leaders of the Black Panther movement |
 Kazaone of the leaders of the Black Panther movement |
 Avraham Bardugoone of the leaders of the Black Panther movement |
 Koko Derione of the founders of the Black Panther movement |
 Shimon LevyActive in the Black Panther Movement |
 Moshe LeviActive in the Black Panther Movement |
 Chalie LianiActive in the Black Panther Movement |
 ShukrunActive in the Black Panther Movement |
 Roger LianiActive in the Black Panther Movement |
 Avi OhayonActive in the Black Panther Movement |
 MichaelHis body is an Analogy to No Man's Land |
'Dreamers' / Reuven Abergel one of the founders of 'The Black Panthers ' movement
from the project:'The Last Panther'
Blindfolded Horses / Erez Bitton
In every blind man
a galloping horse
is lodged aspiring
to tear a long distances
BLACK PANTHERS IN ISRAEL
The Black Panthers were an Israeli protest movement of second-generation Jewish immigrants from Middle Eastern countries. They were one of the first organizations in Israel with the mission of working for social justice for the Mizrahi Jews. Saadia Marciano, one of the movement's founders, chose the name "Black Panthers" in 1971 when Angela Davis, one of the African American Black Panthers, came to visit Israel where she met with Marciano, who then adopted the name. They are also sometimes referred to as the Israeli Black Panthers to distinguish them from the African American group
The movement began early in 1971 in the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem, in reaction to discrimination against Mizrahi Jews, which they considered to have existed since the establishment of the state.The Black Panthers felt that this discrimination could be seen in the different attitude of the Ashkenazi Establishment towards the olim from the Soviet Union. The movement's founders protested "ignorance from the establishment for the hard social problems", and wanted to fight for a different future.
This series of photos includes the founders of the 'Black Panthers' mouvement and those who grew alongside at the same neighbourhood.
The photographer Avshalom Levi grew alongside the activists from the black Panthers mouvement.