One explanation? They are tired of hearing from Jews that their pools are ‘for the exclusive use of residents of the community’

There’s a popular saying in Galilean Arabic, roughly translated as: “Conduct your business alone, you’ll be pleased.” Maybe whoever coined it had experienced a weekend noontime at a popular public swimming pool in Israel, amid rows of white plastic chairs, piles of children and water-guns spraying you with warm, sticky liquid.

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