MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS SUMMER
An Israeli resident sunbathes nude on a porch overlooking Chinky beach 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. (AP PHOTO/Elizabeth Dalziel)