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AG halts plan for sex-segregated swimming at natural springs: Needs legislation
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An undated photo of visitors bathe in one of the pools of the Einot Tsukim oasis in the Judean Desert. (Courtesy of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara tells Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman that she can’t go ahead with a pilot plan to introduce sex-segregated swimming at two natural pools.
According to Hebrew media reports, Baharav-Miara informs Silman that such a plan would need to be legislated.
“The current legal status is that the Israel Nature and Parks Authority is not authorized to limit entrance to its sites on the basis of gender and such a move would require an agreed-upon and clear legislation,” Baharav-Miara writes.
The plan had aimed to mirror segregated bathing allowed at some beaches to accommodate the beliefs of some religious communities in Israel.
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