Image thanks to the New York Times

We at USDemocrazy are big fans of a day at the beach – the splashing waves, golden sand, warm sun, cool breeze, and…the civil disobedience?

A group of Israeli women have been taking Palestinian women from the West Bank to the beach – in violation of their country’s laws.

Palestinians are not legally allowed to move freely back and forth between the land-locked Palestinian territories and Israel.  As a result, many have never been to the beach.

About a year ago, a group of Israeli women started taking Palestinian women to the beach.  There have been seven trips so far.

Many of the Israeli women involved have been called in for questioning by the Israeli police, but no arrests have been made and no Palestinians have been questioned.

One woman involved explained that

What we are doing here will not change the situation. But it is one more activity to oppose the occupation. One day in the future, people will ask, like they did of the Germans: ‘Did you know?’ And I will be able to say, ‘I knew. And I acted.’

Check out pictures from their day at the beach here.