Diving into the ocean shore for the very first time...

Most of the stories about the Israeli pull-out of the Gaza strip seem to be derogatory of the Palestinians, except for this poignant story [need subscription] in the San Jose Mercury Times:

Palestinian teenagers Mahmoud Barbakh and Mohammed Jaroun grew up just a few minutes from the Mediterranean, but had never been to the beach.

On Monday, they waded into the waves with their jeans rolled up, then abandoned all caution and threw themselves into the surf.

"It was the sweetest thing in the whole world," said 15-year-old Mahmoud.