ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-SETTLERS-RELIGION-JUDAISM-PURIM

ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-SETTLERS-RELIGION-JUDAISM-PURIM

An Israeli settler dressed up in an animal outfit takes part in a parade to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in al-Shuhada Street, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on March 16, 2014. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian Empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA