Anshal Pfeffer is our Israel correspondent. He found ways to sneak out of the landlocked West Bank through holes and gaps in the Israeli security fence. For many Palestinians, especially the younger ones, this will be their first visit ever to the sea.
Five years ago, a vast wave of migrants and refugees began to spill into the country. We examine their fates amid a tangle of bureaucracy. Even for the uninfected, the coronavirus has caused widespread “collective trauma”; we ask about its effects and how to heal from it. And Palestinians sneak to the beach as security forces look the other way.
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