The legal controversy with the administrators of the three-person pool escalates: the Attorney General referred the ultra-Orthodox petitioners to Deputy State Attorney Eli Abarbanel.
as Reported by the Haredim10, Following the cancellation of separate hours for men and women at the pool, an act that constitutes a de facto exclusion of Haredi bathers from the pool, attorney Haim Kanner appealed to the Attorney General demanding that he order the opening of a police investigation for racist and discriminatory offenses against the Haredi public who were excluded from the pool.
Now, as mentioned, Counsel Weinstein writes that he has reviewed the request and that it is being forwarded to Deputy Attorney General Eli Abarbanel.
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Kenner quickly contacted Abarbanel and asked him to order the pool managers to be prosecuted.
In his appeal, Kenner notes that according to the Supreme Court ruling, closing the club to an observant public is considered discrimination, even if it is for economic reasons.
""A society that respects its fundamental values and the fundamental rights of its members must be willing to pay a reasonable price so that the value of equality does not remain an empty instrument.".
Pool manager Oren Hefetz responded at the time in a conversation with Haredim10: "I came to manage the place about six months ago after the place ran into financial difficulties. The decision to end the separate bathing was made purely for financial considerations. I have nothing against religious or Haredim people.
""I run a country club, not a public pool. We have about 2,200 members whose activity there is intensive, and it is impossible to run a members' club with restrictions at certain times. Even when people ask to rent the place for private events, I refuse. And I really want and hope that I will be able to resume the separate swimming again in the winter months.".
