Der Spiegel brings us the story of the one and only Gaza Surf Club. It was founded by an American Jew who once aspired to fight in the IDF.
Excerpt:
Two months after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, in 2007, an American
surfer named Dorian Paskowitz brought about a dozen surfboards to the
border as a gesture of friendship. A charity called Surfing 4 Peace
grew out of his publicity stunt, headed by an Israeli surfer named
Arthur Rashkovan and another American, Matt Olsen. The idea was to make
peace with individual Palestinians and start a small surf economy.
"Israel has a surf industry of $2 billion worth of goods each year,"
Paskowitz told an American radio station at the time, "and I know, sure
as God made little green apples, that the same thing will happen in
Gaza."
Click here to read the article on the Spiegel website.
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