MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS SUMMER
An Israeli man enjoys the sunset on the beach next to a closed lifeguard post on the Mediterranean Coast of Tel Aviv Thursday Aug. 2, 2001. Despite the 11 months of violence Israelis and Palestinians take a break to enjoy the Mediterrenean 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.