MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS SUMMER
A Palestinian youth holds his surfboard as he gets ready to go in to sea at the Gaza City beach on the Mediterranean coast as the sun goes down Saturday July 28, 2001. Despite the 11 months of violence Israelis and Palestinians take a break to enjoy the Mediterranean beaches and the Dead Sea, where under growing tensions and in the case of Gaza under closure, people try to make the best of their summer and carry on a normal life.