Red Chairs, Tel Aviv. Photo source: Neta Gov.
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Let’s not care about rules or pollution. It’s kind of catching.
The Bat Galim beach in Haifa, which has been closed to swimmers for eight days, stands next to the barb-wired backside of an army base. Across the way, housing projects bake slowly in the sun. Three years ago, I came here on a date, and it seemed to be one of Israel’s most forlorn beaches. Even the sand is grayer, and harder…