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Last summer, my mom’s friend who works for USAid in Telaviv, was telling me about this on our drive to the airport. So great that it’s still happening!

walkoutofhermind:

Palestinian women and girls from the West Bank at the beach in Tel Aviv, after a group of Israeli women snuck them into the country for a daylong excursion. Most of the Palestinian women had never seen the ocean before, because they live in a part of the West Bank that is landlocked. Skittish at first, then wide-eyed with delight, they waded into the Mediterranean, smiling, splashing and then joining hands, getting knocked over by the waves, throwing back their heads and ultimately laughing with joy. Read more here.

The story is worth reading, made me smile. Favorite line:

“As the cars drove through an Israeli Army checkpoint, everyone just waved.”