Sunday, August 07, 2016

  • Sunday, August 07, 2016
  • Elder of Ziyon
Remember Mary al-Atrash, the Palestinian Olympic swimmer who told Reuters'  Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh that she had no Olympic-sized pool to train in, and couldn't make it to Jerusalem "due to the conflict" to train in one there?

I showed that she lied about having no access to swimming pools in Jerusalem - she simply never applied for a permit.

But it turns out that she lied about something more fundamental. After I publicized the story, Tablet magazine showed that there are indeed 50-meter Olympic sized pools in the West Bank.

And there are quite a few.

Here is one in her own home town at the Murad Tourist Resort:


Here is a screenshot from a video about how a Bedouin woman opened up a water resort in Jericho that included an Olympic sized pool - a pool that apparently was funded by the International Olympic Committee specifically to help Palestinian swimmers!



Here's one in Qalqiya:


And an indoor pool also in Qalqiya:



And in Hawara:


For Reuters, the story of evil Israel and poor Palestine was too good to check. 

Because, that is what Reuters reporters believe.

UPDATE: Some are not sure that most of the pools here are 50 meters, as opposed to 25 meters. 

The Jericho pool, however, certainly seems to be the right size:






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